A good death: Narratives of experiential nursing ethics

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 9-19

  Hold, Judith L ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; ethics; good death; moral judgments; narratives

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL STUDY; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NARRATIVE; NURSE; SAMPLING; TERMINAL CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY; ADULT; ETHICS; FEMALE; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85012187149     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733015602051     Document Type: Article

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