Strategies for handling ethical problems in end of life care: obstacles and possibilities

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 778-789

  Rejnö, Åsa ^a,b   Berg, Linda ^c  

^a SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; ethical problems; obstacles; possibilities; strategies; stroke team members

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ETHICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STROKE; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946010926     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733014547972     Document Type: Article

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