Dysthanasia: nursing professionals' perception Distanasia: percepción de los profesionales de enfermería Distanásia: percepção dos profissionais da enfermagem

• Main Authors: Milene Barcellos de Menezes (Author), Lucilda Selli (Author), Joseane de Souza Alves (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dysthanasia means slow and painful death without quality of life. This study aimed to know whether nurses identify dysthanasia as part of the final process of the lives of terminal patients hospitalized at an adult ICU. This is an exploratory-qualitative study. Data were collected through semi-struc...