Attitudes of nursing staff towards involvement in medical end-of-life decisions: A national survey study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-9

  Albers, Gwenda ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^b,c   de Veer, Anke J E ^b   Bilsen, Johan ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Decision making ethics; Nurse's role; Nurse patient relations ethics; Nursing staff psychology; Palliative care; Questionnaires; Religion; Terminal care; Withholding Treatment ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; AGED; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84890168243     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.09.018     Document Type: Review

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