Perceptions of privacy in the care of elderly people in five European countries

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-47

  Schopp, Anja ^b   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a   Välimäki, Maritta ^a   Dassen, Theo ^b   Gasull, Maria ^c   Lemonidou, Chryssoula ^d   Scott, P Anne ^e   Arndt, Marianne ^f   Kaljonen, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Stirling ^*

Author keywords

Elderly people; Nursing ethics; Privacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SPAIN;

EID: 0037264734     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne573oa     Document Type: Review

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