Questions of distributive justice: Public health nurses' perceptions of long-term care insurance for elderly Japanese people

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-79

  Ellen Barnes, Lou ^a   Asahara, Kiyomi ^b   Davis, Anne j ^a   Konishi, Emiko ^a  

^a NAGANO COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

distributive justice; elderly people; Japan; long term care; public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ELDERLY CARE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 11244335793     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733002ne482oa     Document Type: Article

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