Obstacles and helpful behaviors in providing end-of-life care to dying patients in intensive care units

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-106

  Iglesias, Marta Elena Losa ^a   Pascual, Cristina ^b   Vallejo, Ricardo Becerro De Bengoa ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84873930782     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0b013e3182808429     Document Type: Article

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