Caring for Older People: Why Dignity Matters - the European Experience

Dignity in Care for Older People

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 119-145

  Tadd, Win ^a   Calnan, Michael ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caring for older people why dignity matters, the European experience; Dignified care empowering, courteous and capable of meeting individual needs; Dignity complex concept difficult to define; Dignity and older Europeans study; Dignity of merit and dignity of identity; Exploring meanings, beliefs and values regarding dignity; Human dignity or Menschenw rde reflecting humanity care and concern for frail older people; Humiliation, ridicule and embarrassment; Model of human dignity; Older people in Europe enjoying better health and greater affluence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891002229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444316414.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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