Decisions at the end of life made by relatives of institutionalized patients with dementia

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages e6-e10

  Sarabia Cobo, Carmen María ^a   Pérez, Victoria ^b   de Lorena, Pablo ^b   Nuñez, María José ^b   Domínguez, Esther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b CR Santa Lucía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Caregivers; Dementia; Geriatric nursing; Nursing home; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING HOME; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84959464854     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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