Ethics in nursing homes: Experience and casuistry

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Slettebø rn, Åshild ^a   Bunchrn, Eli Haugen ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Casuistry; Experiences; Nursing ethics; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CASUISTRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NORWAY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CASUISTRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL THEORY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NEGOTIATING; NORWAY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4544255441     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2004.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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