Abandonment at the End of Life From Patient, Caregiver, Nurse, and Physician Perspectives | Zendy

Anthony L. Back | Zendy; Jessica P. Young | Zendy; Ellen McCown | Zendy; Ruth A. Engelberg | Zendy; Elizabeth K. Vig | Zendy; Lynn F. Reinke | Zendy; Marjorie D. Wenrich | Zendy; Barbara Burns McGrath | Zendy; J. Randall Curtis | Zendy

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Abandonment at the End of Life From Patient, Caregiver, Nurse, and Physician Perspectives

Author(s) -

Anthony L. Back,

Jessica P. Young,

Ellen McCown,

Ruth A. Engelberg,

Elizabeth K. Vig,

Lynn F. Reinke,

Marjorie D. Wenrich,

Barbara Burns McGrath,

J. Randall Curtis

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.583

Subject(s) - abandonment (legal) , feeling , end of life care , medicine , closure (psychology) , psychological intervention , qualitative research , nursing , family medicine , psychology , palliative care , social psychology , social science , sociology , political science , economics , law , market economy

Surveys and anecdotes suggest that patients and family members sometimes feel abandoned by their physicians at the transition to end-of-life care. To our knowledge, no prior studies describe abandonment prospectively.

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