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Author Powers, Bethel Ann, 1943-

Title Nursing home ethics : everyday issues affecting residents with dementia / Bethel Ann Powers
Published New York, NY : Springer Pub., ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 215 pages)
Contents Ch. 1. Living With Dementia -- Ch. 2. The Nursing Home Experience -- Ch. 3. Ethics in Action -- Ch. 4. Case Examples -- App. Nursing Home Ethics Committee Q & A
Summary Annotation Designated a Doody's Core Title!Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!p>Bethel Ann Powers gives a comprehensive and thoughtful examination of the ethical issues that arise in long-term care. The first two chapters set the stage by exploring the pre-nursing home experiences of families living with dementia and, in contrast, how residents and family members experience life in the nursing home. The following chapters contain detailed hypothetical cases that include questions, possible actions, and insightful commentary to illustrate practical approaches to understanding common ethical issues affecting nursing home residents
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index
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Subject Dementia -- Patients -- Care
Nursing home care -- Moral and ethical aspects
Dementia -- nursing
Nursing Homes -- ethics
Homes for the Aged -- ethics
Long-Term Care -- ethics
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
Dementia -- Patients -- Care
Nursing home care -- Moral and ethical aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826119650
0826119654
0826102700
9780826102706