The role of ICU nurses in the spiritual aspects of end-of-life care in the ICU: an explorative study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 569-578

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

^a THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

end of life care; explorative study; intensive care units; nursing care; spiritual care

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLERGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING INTERVENTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF;

CLERGY; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85002732773     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/scs.12371     Document Type: Article

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