Dignity and the challenge of dying in nursing homes: The residents' view

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-202

  Pleschberger, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dignity; Elderly; Nursing home; Older age; Palliative care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CODING; DYING; ETHICS; GERMANY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; HUMAN RELATION; NARRATIVE; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; THEORETICAL SAMPLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33947434858     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl152     Document Type: Article

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