Understanding emergency department staff needs and perceptions in the provision of palliative care

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 249-255

  Shearer, Freya M ^a   Rogers, Ian R ^a,b   Monterosso, Leanne ^a,b,c   Ross Adjie, Gail ^a,b   Rogers, Jeremy R ^b  

^a St John of God Dermatology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Emergency medicine; End of life; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; SELF EFFICACY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84901844672     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12215     Document Type: Article

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