Perceptions of autonomy, privacy and informed consent in the care of elderly people in five European countries: General overview

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-27

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly people; Nursing ethics; Patients' rights

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SPAIN;

EID: 0037271782     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne571oa     Document Type: Review

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