Nursing home staff's views on residents' dignity: A qualitative interview study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Oosterveld Vlug, Mariska G ^a   Pasman, H Roeline W ^a   Van Gennip, Isis E ^a   Willems, Dick L ^b   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dignity; Elderly care physicians; End of life issues; Interviews; Nurses; Nursing home; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PERSONHOOD; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; PERSONHOOD; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84883757010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-353     Document Type: Article

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