Ethics in long-term care: Are the principles different?

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-29

  Kuczewski, Mark G ^a  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin Center for the Study of Bioethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Casuistry; Communitarian ethics; Geriatric care; Long term care; Medical ethics; Moral principles

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY LIFE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUSTICE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; WELLBEING;

AUTONOMY; CASE STUDIES; CASUISTRY; COMMUNITARIANISM; COMPETENCE; FAMILY MEMBERS; INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS; MORAL POLICY; NARRATIVE ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; VALUES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENEFICENCE; CASUISTRY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NARRATION; NURSING HOMES; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033041814     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009967723214     Document Type: Article

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