Spiritual End-of-Life Care in Dutch Nursing Homes: An Ethnographic Study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 679-684

  Gijsberts, Marie José H E ^a   van der Steen, Jenny T ^a   Muller, Martien T ^a   Hertogh, Cees M P M ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

End of life; Nursing home; Qualitative research; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE; MUSIC; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RITUAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

END OF LIFE; NURSING HOME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPIRITUALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEMENTIA; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84884163296     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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