Ethical problems: In the face of sudden and unexpected death

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 642-653

  Rejnö, Åsa ^a,b   Berg, Linda ^a   Danielson, Ella ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; ethics; focus group interviews; mutual trust; stroke team; sudden and unexpected death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY RELATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUDDEN DEATH; TRUST;

DEATH, SUDDEN; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SOCIAL FACILITATION; STROKE; TRUST;

EID: 84866532893     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011412099     Document Type: Article

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