Attitudes of Nurses in Turkey Toward Care of Dying Individual and the Associated Religious and Cultural Factors

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 303-316

  Karadag, Ezgi ^a   Parlar Kilic, Serap ^b   Ugur, Ozlem ^a   Akyol, Merve Aliye ^a,c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c University of Dokuz   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitude toward death; Care of dying person; Nursing; Religious and cultural factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYING; FEMALE; GENDER; GRIEF; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; TURKEY (BIRD);

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; NURSES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TURKEY;

EID: 85048785868     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-018-0657-4     Document Type: Article

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