The medical futility experience of nursing professionals in Greece
Abstract Background Providing futile medical care is an ever-timely ethical problem in clinical practice. While nursing personnel are very closely involved in providing direct care to patients nearing the end of life, their role in end-of-life decision-making remains unclear. Methods This was a pros...
Main Authors: | Polychronis Voultsos, Anna Tsompanian, Alexandra K. Tsaroucha |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-12-01
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Series: | BMC Nursing |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00785-y |
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