The development of a model of dignity in illness based on qualitative interviews with seriously ill patients

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1080-1089

  van Gennip, Isis E ^a   Pasman, H Roeline W ^a   Oosterveld Vlug, Mariska G ^a   Willems, Dick L ^b   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dignity; End of life issues; Illness and disease; Model building; Palliative care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84879603248     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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