Diagnosis, prognosis and awareness of dying in nursing homes : towards the Gold Standard?
(2013)
Journal Article
Johnson, M., Attree, M., Jones, I., Al Gamal, E., & Garbutt, D. (2014). Diagnosis, prognosis and awareness of dying in nursing homes : towards the Gold Standard?. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 9(2), 95-105. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12024
Background. In Western society and increasingly elsewhere, death has become medicalised and ‘hospitalised’ even when people are enduring deteriorating terminal conditions such as dementia and heart failure. In an attempt to rationalise and dignify th... Read More about Diagnosis, prognosis and awareness of dying in nursing homes : towards the Gold Standard?.