Certainty and uncertainty about end of life care nursing practices in New Zealand Intensive Care Units: A mixed methods study

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 82-86

  Coombs, Maureen ^a   Fulbrook, Paul ^b   Donovan, Sarah ^a   Tester, Rachel ^a   deVries, Kay ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Death and dying; End of life care; Intensive care; Intensive care nurse; Nursing care; Treatment withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; UNCERTAINTY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84931567352     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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