'Ambivalence' at the end of life: How to understand patients' wishes ethically

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 629-641

  Ohnsorge, Kathrin ^a   Keller, Heike R Gudat ^b   Widdershoven, Guy A M ^c   Rehmann Sutter, Christoph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Hospice Arlesheim ^*  (Switzerland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; end of life; identity; narratives; patients' experience; wish to die

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVER; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MORALITY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84866536104     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011436206     Document Type: Article

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