The importance of moral sensitivity when including persons with dementia in qualitative research

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-40

  Heggestad, Anne Kari T ^a,b   Nortvedt, Per ^a,b   Slettebø, Åshild ^a,c  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dementia research; ethical principles; moral sensitivity; qualitative research; research ethics

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84873555806     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733012455564     Document Type: Article

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