An exploration of medical emergency team intervention at the end of life for people with advanced cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 77-83

  Brown, Christine ^a   Drosdowsky, Allison ^a   Krishnasamy, Meinir ^b,c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; End of life care; Medical emergency team (MET); Quality of death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85032330482     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2017.10.005     Document Type: Article

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