Patients′ experiences of homecare nursing: Balancing the duality between obtaining care and to maintain dignity and self-determination

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 705-712

  Holmberg, Marie ^a   Valmari, Gudrun ^a   Lundgren, Solveig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dignity; Duality in receiving care; Guest host; Homecare nursing; Independence; Interpretative description; Qualitative interviews; Self determination

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84869093268     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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