Nurses’ care practices at the end of life in intensive care units in Bahrain

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 950-961

  O’Neill, Catherine S ^a   Yaqoob, Maryam ^a   Faraj, Sumaya ^a   O’Neill, Carla L ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

End of life care; Grounded theory; Intensive care; Islamic values; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AWARENESS; BAHRAIN; DEATH; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESEARCH ETHICS; TERMINAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; ISLAM; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

BAHRAIN; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISLAM; MALE; NURSES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85042463071     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733016629771     Document Type: Article

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