Impediments to applying the 'dignity of risk' principle in residential aged care services

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 188-193

  Ibrahim, Joseph E ^a   Davis, Marie Claire ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dignity of risk; Residential aged care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION-MAKING; DIGNITY OF RISK; FEAR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

DECISION-MAKING; DIGNITY OF RISK; RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEAR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VICTORIA;

EID: 84884207448     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12014     Document Type: Article

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