Relatives' and staff's experience of patients dying in ICU

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 935-942

  Donnelly, S M ^a   Psirides, A ^a  

^a Wellington Regional Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COUNSELING; CREATIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; EMPATHY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TIME OF DEATH; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING STAFF; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84953389544     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv059     Document Type: Article

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