Bathing patients with dementia: Concentrating on the patient's needs rather than merely the task

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 30-31

  Rasin, Joyce ^a   Barrick, Ann Louise ^b,c   Leeman, Jennifer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c John Umstead Hospital   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BATH; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BATHS; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 2342639606     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200403000-00015     Document Type: Short Survey

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