The care of older people with dementia in acute hospitals

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-92

  Cowdell, Fiona ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute hospitals; Dementia; Ethnography; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENTS;

EID: 79952200089     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2010.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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