Oncology nurses' perceptions of obstacles and role at the end-of-life care: Cross sectional survey

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Blaževičiene, Aurelija ^a   Newland, Jamesetta A ^b   Čivinskiene, Vilija ^a   Beckstrand, Renea L ^c  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocate; End of life care; Information broker; Nurse role; Obstacles to end of life care; Oncology nurses; Supporter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONVERSATION; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITHUANIA; MALE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; NURSING ROLE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; TERMINAL CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PERCEPTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85038442833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-017-0257-1     Document Type: Review

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