Ageing in place - Dying in place: Competing discourses for care of the dying in aged care policy

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 32-38

  O'Connor, Margaret ^a   Pearson, Alan ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Discourse; Palliative care; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33645469938     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.37464/2005.222.1982     Document Type: Article

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