Nursing care of elderly people at home and ethical implications: An experience from Istanbul

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 553-567

  Doǧan, Hanzade ^a   Deǧer, Mebrure ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Care; Elderly people; Ethics; Nursing at home; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 16544377011     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733004ne738oa     Document Type: Article

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