Nursing Roles and Strategies in End-of-Life Decision Making Concerning Elderly Immigrants Admitted to Acute Care Hospitals: An Australian Study

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 471-479

  Johnstone, Megan Jane ^a   Hutchinson, Alison M ^a   Redley, Bernice ^a   Rawson, Helen ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

end of life care; gerontology; nursing practice; transcultural health

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEAR; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; NURSING CARE; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING ROLE; OCCUPATION; REGISTERED NURSE; TERMINAL CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRUST; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NURSE ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; DECISION MAKING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84983315172     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659615582088     Document Type: Article

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