Difficulties felt by intensive care unit nurses in providing end-of-life care in Southeast Iran

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 443-449

  Tirgari, Batool ^a   Forouzi, Mansooreh Azizzadeh ^a   Razban, Farideh ^b   Alimirzaei, Rezvan ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Difficulties; End of life care; ICU nurses

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MANAGER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; TERMINAL CARE; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 84987846842     PISSN: 15222179     EISSN: 15390705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000273     Document Type: Article

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