Nurses' perceptions of ethical issues in the care of older people

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 436-452

  Rees, Jenny ^a   King, Lindy ^a   Schmitz, Karl ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageism; Elderly; Ethics; Nurses' perceptions; Nursing; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; ETHICS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, NURSING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 67650553291     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009104608     Document Type: Article

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