Health, Autonomy and Quality of Life: Some Basic Concepts in the Theory of Health Care and the Care of Older People

Dignity in Care for Older People

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-25

  Nordenfelt, Lennart ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basic concepts related to health care and care of older people; Basics of health care concepts and concept of health itself; Dependence of happiness on belief and knowledge; Dignity in care for older people; Health, autonomy and quality of life; Health, bodily and mental state of person characterised by person's well being; Related notions of autonomy and integrity; Relationships between concepts of health and quality of life; Salient relation between health and happiness; Theoretical and conceptual considerations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890997622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444316414.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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