Autonomy, choice, and decision making: How nursing home social workers view their role

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 59-77

  Reinardy, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Decision making; Elderly; Long term care; Nursing homes; Self determination act

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORKER;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; FREEDOM; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; MINNESOTA; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0032693912     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v29n03_04     Document Type: Article

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