Factors influencing nurses' judgements about self-neglect cases

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-287

  Lauder, W ^a   Ludwick, R ^a,b   Zeller, R ^b   Winchell, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Factorial survey; Public health; Self neglect; Squalor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OHIO; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33744492846     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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