Is a good death possible in Australian critical and acute settings?: Physician experiences with end-of-life care

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Trankle, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; End of life care; Good deaths; Intensive care; Palliative care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; DYNAMICS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; FAMILY CONFLICT; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL VALUE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOGNITION; TERMINAL CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84906933166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-13-41     Document Type: Article

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