Dignity and the factors that influence it according to nursing home residents: A qualitative interview study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-106

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

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dignity; Interviews; Nursing home; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONHOOD; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84889649489     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12171     Document Type: Article

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