Servicing multi-cultural needs at the end of life

Journal of Renal Care

Volumn 40, Issue SUPP.1, 2014, Pages 6-15

  Koffman, Jonathan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; End of life; Ethnicity; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PATIENT RIGHT; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRUST;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHICS, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TRUST; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84906825891     PISSN: 17556678     EISSN: 17556686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jorc.12087     Document Type: Article

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