Reasoning about truth-telling in end-of-life care of patients with acute stroke

Background:Ethical problems are a universal phenomenon but rarely researched concerning patients dying from acute stroke. These patients often have a reduced consciousness from stroke onset and thereby lack ability to convey their needs and could be described as ‘incompetent’ decision makers regardi...

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Authors: Rejnö, Åsa (Author) ; Silfverberg, Gunilla (Author) ; Ternestedt, Britt-Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2017
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 100-110
Further subjects:B Ethical problems
B Content Analysis
B stroke team members
B withholding truth
B Truth
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