Use of restraints on dementia patients: An ethical dilemma of a nursing staff in Israel

JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 87-93

  Weiner, Chava ^a   Tabak, Nili ^b   Bergman, Rebecca ^b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1542443476     PISSN: 15209229     EISSN: 1530073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128488-200312000-00007     Document Type: Article

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