Multicultural long-term care nurses' perceptions of factors influencing patient dignity at the end of life

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 440-446

  Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi S ^a,b   Stevens, Marguerite ^c   Kraemer, Helena ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

dignity; end of life; long term care; multicultural; nursing; palliative

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DYING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; IMMIGRANT; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONHOOD;

EID: 84875212964     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12145     Document Type: Article

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