Intensive care nurses' experiences of end-of-life care

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-38

  Kisorio, Leah C ^a   Langley, Gayle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

End of life care; Intensive care; Nurses' experiences of end of life; Palliative care; Withdrawal and withholding of treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSE; SAMPLING; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINAL CARE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84961177078     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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