Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, End-of-Life Palliative Care, and Interdisciplinary Practice in Long Term Care Workers

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 207-213

  Leclerc, Bernard Simon ^a,b,c   Lessard, Sabrina ^a   Bechennec, Coralie ^d   Le Gal, Emma ^d   Benoit, Sylvie ^a   Bellerose, Lyne ^a  

^a University affiliated Centre   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Attitude to death; Long term care; Nursing homes; Palliative care; Patient care team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GRIEF; GUILT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSISTANT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; TEAMWORK; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84893807047     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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