Dementia, dignity and quality of life: Nursing practice and its dilemmas

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-244

  Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^b   Samsi, Kritika ^a   Cole, Laura ^c   Goodman, Claire ^d   Drennan, Vari ^c   Warner, James ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dignity; Ethics; Nursing; Older people; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECEPTION; DEMENTIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; DECEPTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PERSONHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 79952201625     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2010.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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