The old get equal care: Myth or reality

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 234-239

  Wagner, Nurit ^a   Tabak, Nili ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Equal care; Ethical dilemmas; Nursing practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, NURSING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032226976     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172X.1998.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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