End-of-life care in the intensive care unit: A patient-based questionnaire of intensive care unit staff perception and relatives' psychological response

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 336-345

  Hartog, Christiane S ^a   Schwarzkopf, Daniel ^a   Riedemann, Niels C ^a   Pfeifer, Ruediger ^a   Guenther, Albrecht ^a   Egerland, Kati ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^b   Hoyer, Heike ^a   Gensichen, Jochen ^a   Reinhart, Konrad ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

attitude of health personnel; intensive care units; Palliative care; resuscitation orders; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RESUSCITATION; SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE; ANXIETY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ETIOLOGY; FAMILY; GERMANY; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84925655218     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216314560007     Document Type: Article

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