Nursing older dying patients: findings from an ethnographic study of death and dying in
elderly care wards Background and aim. The aim of the study was to explore the …

Aim. This paper reports an exploratory study investigating nurses' perceptions and
experiences regarding listening and talking to dying older people about issues relating to …

Background: Changes in health care and an ageing population have meant that more
people are dying in the acute hospital setting. While palliative care principles have resulted …

Aim. This paper reports a study investigating hospital nurses' experiences of death and
dying. Background. Despite advances in medical science and health care, together with the …

Aim: To verify those aspects of care that nurses view as important when assisting patients
beyond therapeutic possibilities and who are not under intensive care. Objectives:(1) To find …

dwyer l.‐l., hansebo g., andershed b. & ternestedt b.‐m.(2010) Nursing home residents'
views on dying and death: nursing home employee's perspective. International Journal of …

Approximately 90% of the UK population spend some time in hospital in their final year of
life, and more than half of the population die in hospital. This review aims to explore the …

Nursing homes are often places where older persons “come to die.” Despite this, death and
dying are seldom articulated or talked about. The aim of this study was to explore assistant …

This paper is based on nurses' accounts of their experiences of nursing dying patients, and
the attitudes towards such work which they expressed. Nurses reported high levels of …

BACKGROUND: Clinicians worldwide are being called upon to reconcile accountability for
patient outcomes with the resources they consume. In the case of intensive care …