Awareness contexts revisited: Indeterminacy in initiating discussions at the end-of-life

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2654-2664

  Richards, Naomi ^a   Ingleton, Christine ^a   Gardiner, Clare ^b   Gott, Merryn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Death and dying; Interpersonal communication; Nurse patient interaction; Nursing; Nursing theory; Palliative care; Qualitative approach

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DEATH AND DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT INTERACTION; NURSING; NURSING THEORY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

DEATH AND DYING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE-PATIENT INTERACTION; NURSING; NURSING THEORY; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE APPROACH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887825276     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12151     Document Type: Article

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