Ethical dilemmas concerning sexuality of elderly patients suffering from dementia

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 255-259

  Ehrenfeld, Mally ^a   Tabak, Nili ^a   Bronner, Gila ^a,b   Bergman, Rebecca ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dementia; Ethical dilemmas; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SHAME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUALITY; SHAME;

EID: 0031301276     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.1997.tb00110.x     Document Type: Article

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