Informed consent to research in long-term care settings

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-161

  Lingler, Jennifer Hagerty ^a   Jablonski, Rita A ^b   Bourbonniere, Meg ^b   Kolanowski, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 75749137344     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090428-03     Document Type: Article

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