title: Description of good patient care at the end of life.
abstract: The study's objective was to describe nurses' perceptions of and experiences with good end-of-life care in Korea.
  
  
  
  A qualitative descriptive design was applied with 11 Korean nurses who worked in hospice and palliative care settings. Individual 90-120 minute interviews were conducted and content analysis was performed.
  
  
  
  The following four major themes were extracted from questions regarding nurses' experiences of good end-of-life care: 1) providing appropriate care for symptom management, 2) being present, 3) establishing good relationships, and 4) tailoring care for individualized needs.
  
  
  
  Korean nurses recognized that good end-of life care occurred within multiple ways of knowing and within multiple paradigms. Providing good care is a process of knowledge integration. To improve end-of-life care, the nursing discipline must apply various educational methods including multiple ways of knowing and paradigms.
authors.affiliation: Yonsei University College of Nursing & Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sanghee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Gyeongsang National University, College of Nursing, South Korea. Electronic address: mjseo@gnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Minjeong
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D006738:Hospices; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff; D010166:Palliative Care; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*
keywords: End-of-life; Korea; Nursing care; Nursing education