Ethical and policy considerations for centenarians - The oldest old

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-267

  Elsner, Robert J F ^a   Quinn, Mary Ellen ^b,d   Fanning, Sandra D ^a   Gueldner, Sarah Hall ^c   Poon, Leonard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCG SONAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical issues; Oldest old; Policy development

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GEORGIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032606003     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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