title: Gently into the light: a call for the critical analysis of end-of-life outcomes.
abstract: This article overviews the holistic, hospice, and palliative care models as they relate to end-of-life (EOL) care outcomes. Freire's model of overcoming oppression, which builds on Hegel's philosophical approach, is used as a framework for raising nurses' awareness of end-of-life issues. Concerns that require critical dialogue, as well as questions that warrant discussion, are posited.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Program, University of Washington, Tacoma, Wash 98402, USA. mdobratz@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Marjorie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dobratz
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002755:Choice Behavior; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004645:Empathy; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology