Ethical aspects of researching subjective experiences in early-stage dementia

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 651-661

  Pesonen, Hanna Mari ^a   Remes, Anne M ^b   Isola, Arja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

family member; interviews; person with dementia; research ethics; sensitive research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS;

EID: 80052312560     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011408046     Document Type: Article

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