The Nurse and the Terminally Ill Patient
Some Perspectives and Projected Actions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629222 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Loretta Hoggatt (University of Denver, corresponding author), Bernard Spilka (University of Denver) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 255-266 |
| Publication date | 1979-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/ct8d-l89l-judh-4f1b |
| OpenAlex | W2169633020 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 9 |
The views of health professionals on death and dying are of the utmost significance to all members of our society. In the present study nurses in seven specialties offered their outlooks in this area. Descriptive and inferential data are reported on twenty items. Relative to terminality, questions are raised on the adequacy of nursing education in this realm, the feelings of capability of nurses of varying experience when working with dying patients, the desirability of employing heroic measures to sustain life and many other considerations. Variation in specialty perspectives are also evidenced
Descriptive research · Feeling · Palliative care · Political science · Psychiatry · Realm · Sociology · Specialty · Terminally ill · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology
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The Paradox of Nursing Terminal Patients in a Belgian General Hospital
Effectiveness of a Death-Education Program in Reducing Death Anxiety of Nursing Students
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 1993 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |