Ethical and methodological issues in interviewing persons with dementia

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 608-619

  Hellström, Ingrid ^a,b   Nolan, Mike ^c   Nordenfelt, Lennart ^d   Lundh, Ulla ^d  

^a Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^b Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; Ethical considerations; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548459356     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007080206     Document Type: Article

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