Journal article
Nurses' preferred end‐of‐life treatment choices in five countries
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Previous research has focused on physician's perspectives of end-of-life (EOL) decision making as well as patient and family EOL decision making. There is a lack of research pertaining to the EOL treatment preferences of nurses and especially nurses working in a variety of care settings.
AIM: The aim of this study was to compare nurses' EOL treatment preferences in Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy and the USA.
Authors
Coffey A; McCarthy G; Weathers E; Friedman MI; Gallo K; Ehrenfeld M; Itzhaki M; Chan S; Li WHC; Poletti P
Journal
International Nursing Review, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 313–319
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 2013
DOI
10.1111/inr.12024
ISSN
0020-8132