Commitment to care: A qualitative study of intensive care nurses' perspectives of end-of-life care in an Islamic context

International Nursing Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 140-147

  Borhani, F ^a   Hosseini, S H ^a,b   Abbaszadeh, A ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

End of Life; Intensive Care; Islamic Caring; Nursing; Qualitative; Quality of Life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; END OF LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTERVIEW; IRAN; ISLAMIC CARING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; QUALITATIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

END OF LIFE; INTENSIVE CARE; ISLAMIC CARING; NURSING; QUALITATIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; ISLAM; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84893808046     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inr.12079     Document Type: Article

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