The challenges of achieving person-centred care in acute hospitals: A qualitative study of people with dementia and their families

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1495-1503

  Clissett, Philip ^a   Porock, Davina ^b   Harwood, Rowan H ^c   Gladman, John R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delirium; Dementia; Frail elderly; General; Hospitals; Nursing; Person centred care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSON-CENTRED CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL; HOSPITALS; NURSING; PERSON-CENTRED CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84884145289     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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