The provision of end-of-life care by medical-surgical nurses working in acute care: A literature review

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 393-408

  Gagnon, Judith ^a   Duggleby, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care; End of life; Hospital; Medical nurses; Surgical nurses

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84927581490     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951513000965     Document Type: Article

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