'Viewing in slow motion': Patients', families', nurses' and doctors' perspectives on end-of-life care in critical care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1442-1454

  Pattison, Natalie ^a   Carr, Susan M ^b   Turnock, Chris ^b   Dolan, Shelley ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Critical care; End of life care; Experiences; Families; Patients; Phenomenology; Staff

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84876179298     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12095     Document Type: Article

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