Nurses’ and Physicians’ Opinions on Aggressiveness of Treatment for General Ward Patients

The aim of this study was to evaluate agreement between nurses’ and physicians’ opinions regarding aggressiveness of treatment and to investigate and compare the rationales on which their opinions were based. Structured interviews regarding 714 patients were performed on seven general wards of a uni...

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Authors: Svantesson, Mia (Author) ; Sjökvist, Peter (Author) ; Thorsén, Håkan (Author) ; Ahlström, Gerd (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2006
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-162
Further subjects:B ethics professionals
B do not resuscitate
B Attitudes
B Withholding life-sustaining treatment
B providing life-sustaining treatment
B end-of-life decisions
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