title: Responding to autonomy and disempowerment at the time of a sudden death.
abstract: This paper examines the difficulty of giving people choices and recognising their autonomy at the time of a sudden death. It discusses how they achieve this whilst disempowered and frightened.
authors.affiliation: Leeds General Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003645:Death, Sudden; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology