The unexpected force of acute stroke leading to patients' sudden death as described by nurses

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-130

  Rejnö, Åsa ^a,b   Danielson, Ella ^a,c   von Post, Iréne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute care; Death or dying; Ethics; Hermeneutics; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NURSE; SUDDEN DEATH; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSES; STROKE;

EID: 84873439463     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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