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Nursing dying people in an acute hospital: A focused ethnography

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Elizabeth Colquhoun-Flannery
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Dawn Goodwin
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Catherine Walshe *
DOI:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2026.105534delete
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Hospitals are the most common place of death worldwide yet dying patients' needs are frequently unmet. Acute wards are oriented toward cure, efficiency and discharge, creating conditions in which recognition of dying and transitions to comfort-focused care are often delayed. Nurses are central to end-of-life care but face moral, cultural and institutional constraints that shape how they can respond.
Keywords:
End-of-life care
Palliative care
Focused ethnography
Prognostic uncertainty
Moral distress
Internationally educated nurses
Rituals in healthcare
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International Journal of Nursing Studies
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