Physicians' and nurses' experiences of end-of-life decision-making in geriatric settings

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 537-547

  Giantin, Valter ^a   Siviero, Paola ^b   Simonato, Matteo ^a   Iasevoli, Mario ^a   Pengo, Valentina ^a   Andrigo, Margherita ^a   Storti, Matteo ^c   Valentini, Elisabetta ^a   Pegoraro, Renzo ^d   Maggi, Stefania ^b   Crepaldi, Gaetano ^b   Manzato, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c IPASVI Research Group   (Italy)

^d Fondazione Lanza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep sedation; Elderly; End of life decisions; Euthanasia; Non treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DEEP SEDATION; END OF LIFE DECISION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84872730831     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/8588     Document Type: Article

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