The complexity of nurses' attitudes and practice of sedation at the end of life: A systematic literature review

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Abarshi, Ebun A ^a   Papavasiliou, Evangelia S ^a   Preston, Nancy ^a   Brown, Jayne ^b   Payne, Sheila ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudes; continuous sedation; deep sedation; Nurses; palliative sedation; practice; review

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CANADA; EMPIRICISM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EXPERTISE; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SEDATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORK EXPERIENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NURSE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; NURSES; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84899907466     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.06.011     Document Type: Review

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