Solving ethically difficult care situations in nursing homes

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 543-552

  Slettebø, Åshild ^a   Bunch, Eli Haugen ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autonomy; Nursing ethics; Nursing homes; Self respect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TIME;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ANECDOTES; ETHICS, NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16544368888     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733004ne737oa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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