Swedish nursing students' reasoning about emotionally demanding issues in caring for dying patients

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 194-200

  Strang, Susann ^a,b   Bergh, Ingrid ^c   Ek, Kristina ^c   Hammarlund, Kina ^c   Prahl, Charlotte ^c   Westin, Lars ^d,e   Österlind, Jane ^d,e   Henoch, Ingela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Angered Community Hospital   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^d ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Death; End of life care; Nursing education; Nursing students; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902116098     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2014.20.4.194     Document Type: Article

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