Old patients: unethical thoughts

Comment on problems that can arise for staff in rehabilitation wards as a result of people living much longer. It is suggested that such problems can lead to the nurses and doctors who have to care for unattractive, 'difficult to treat', elderly patients experiencing unethical thoughts and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nursing ethics 2008-11, Vol.15 (6), p.837-838
Hauptverfasser:	Crisci, Claudio, Arnone, Biagio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged, 80 and over Ethics Europe Geriatric Nursing - ethics Health Services for the Aged - ethics Health Services Needs and Demand - ethics Humans Longevity Nurse practitioners Nurses Nursing Older people Patient Advocacy - ethics Patients Physicians Rehabilitation Thinking
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Zusammenfassung:	Comment on problems that can arise for staff in rehabilitation wards as a result of people living much longer. It is suggested that such problems can lead to the nurses and doctors who have to care for unattractive, 'difficult to treat', elderly patients experiencing unethical thoughts and feelings about these patients. [(BNI unique abstract)] 0 references
ISSN:	0969-7330 1477-0989
DOI:	10.1177/0969733008095391