Exploring family experiences of nursing aspects of end-of-life care in the ICU: A qualitative study

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue , 2016, Pages 56-64

  Noome, Marijke ^a,b   Dijkstra, Boukje M ^a,c   van Leeuwen, Evert ^c   Vloet, Lilian C M ^a,c,d  

^a HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

End of life care; Family; Intensive care; Nursing care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84961226295     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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