Palliative care for advanced dementia in Japan: Knowledge and attitudes

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 146-155

  Nakanishi, Miharu ^a   Miyamoto, Yuki ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Dementia; Long term care; Nurse; Nursing homes; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84958755177     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2016.25.3.146     Document Type: Article

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