The perspectives of intensive care unit nurses about the current and ideal nursing end-of-life care

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 212-218

  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; intensive care; nursing care; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; NURSE; NURSING CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELATIVE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84969776940     PISSN: 15222179     EISSN: 15390705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000221     Document Type: Article

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