Conceptualizations of dignity at the end of life: Exploring theoretical and cultural congruence with dignity therapy

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2920-2931

  Li, Hui Ching ^a   Richardson, Alison ^b   Speck, Peter ^a   Armes, Jo ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dignity therapy; Nursing; Palliative care; Qualitative research; Taiwan; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RIGHT TO DIE; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; RIGHT TO DIE; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84909585705     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12455     Document Type: Article

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