Healthcare personnel's experiences of situations in municipal elderly care that generate troubled conscience

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-223

  Ericson Lidman, Eva ^a   Norberg, Astrid ^a,b   Persson, Birgitta ^a   Strandberg, Gunilla ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Municipal elderly care; Stress of conscience; Troubled conscience

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84877816442     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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