Nothing to complain about? Residents’ and relatives’ views on a “good life” and ethical challenges in nursing homes
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Ethical challenges in nursing homes--staff's opinions and experiences with systematic ethics meetings with participation of residents' relatives.
BACKGROUND Many ethical problems exist in nursing homes. These include, for example, decision-making in end-of-life care, use of restraints and a lack of resources. AIMS The aim of the present study was to investigate nursing home staffs' opinions and experiences with ethical challenges and to find out which types of ethical challenges and dilemmas occur and are being discussed in nursing hom...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nursing Ethics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0969-7330,1477-0989
DOI: 10.1177/0969733014557719