Educating families about end-of-life care in advanced dementia: Acceptability of a Canadian family booklet to nurses from Canada, France, and Japan

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 67-74

  Arcand, Marcel ^a   Brazil, Kevin ^b   Nakanishi, Miharu ^c   Nakashima, Taeko ^c   Alix, Michel ^d   Desson, Jean François ^e   Morello, Rémy ^f   Belzile, Louise ^a   Beaulieu, Marie ^a   Hertogh, Cees M P M ^g   Toscani, Franco ^h   Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c 11 Toyo Kaiji Bldg   (Japan)

^d Centre Hospitalier de la Rochelle   (France)

^e Pôle Gériatrique   (France)

^f CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Lino Maestroni Foundation Palliative Medicine Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision tool; Decision making process; Dementia; Family education; Nurses; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874617079     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2013.19.2.67     Document Type: Article

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