Nurses' involvement in patients' dying and death: Scale development and validation

Omega (United States)

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 278-300

  Kondo, Makiko ^a   Nagata, Hiroshi ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nurse's involvement; Patients' dying and death; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TERMINAL CARE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84939482721     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0030222815568959     Document Type: Article

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