Truth telling and truthfulness in the care for patients with advanced dementia: An ethnographic study in Dutch nursing homes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1685-1693

  Hertogh, Cees M P M ^a   Anne Mei The, B ^a   Miesen, Bere M L ^b   Eefsting, Jan A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Strijpkade 32   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nurses; Nursing home care; The Netherlands; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DEMENTIA; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATION; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; TENSION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DEMENTIA; FREEDOM; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 3242815254     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.02.015     Document Type: Article

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