Reconciling conceptualisations of the body and person-centred care of the older person with cognitive impairment in the acute care setting

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Rushton, Carole ^a   Edvardsson, David ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acute care; caring; cognitive impairment; embodiment; person centred care; the body

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGEISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPT FORMATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INVENTION; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGEISM; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 85005917046     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nup.12160     Document Type: Article

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