Views on dignity of elderly nursing home residents

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-146

  Franklin, Lise Lotte ^a   Ternestedt, Britt Marie ^a,b   Nordenfelt, Lennart ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dignity; Dignity and end of life care; Nursing and dignity; Palliative care and dying; Self image

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT TO DIE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIGHT TO DIE; STEREOTYPING; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644539516     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733006ne851oa     Document Type: Article

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