Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 162-170 , June 2008

Caring for critically ill patients with advanced COPD at the end of life: A qualitative study

  • Donna Goodridge

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7T 5E5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 306 966 1478; fax: +1 306 966 6703.
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  • Wendy Duggleby

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7T 5E5
    • Tel.: +1 306 966 6237; fax: +1 306 966 6703.
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  • John Gjevre

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W8
    • Tel.: +1 306 966 8274; fax +1 306 966 8694.
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  • Donna Rennie

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7T 5E5
    • Tel.: +1 306 966 6234; fax: +1 306 966 6703.

,Accepted 12 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.01.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 162-170 , June 2008

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