To report or not report? Attitudes held by Norwegian nursing home staff on reporting inadequate care carried out by colleagues

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 744-750

  Malmedal, Wenche ^a   Hammervold, Randi ^b   Saveman, Britt Inger ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care for the elderly; elder abuse; inadequate care; nursing homes; nursing staff; report; whistleblow

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENT REPORT; NORWAY; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; NURSING STAFF; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDER ABUSE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; QUESTIONNAIRES; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 70249145789     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809340485     Document Type: Article

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