Ethical conflicts in home care: Patient autonomy and physician advocacy

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue DEC., 1997, Pages 2136-2142

  Boillat, Miriam E ^a   Gee, David ^b   Bellavance, Francois ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031302719     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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