Ethics support in elderly care : developments and specific needs for ethics support, and an evaluation of Moral Case Deliberation in two Dutch elderly care organizations

On a daily basis care providers in elderly care are confronted with ethical issues. What, for example, do you do when a resident wants to stay in bed, while family members think it is better for her to get up and participate in activities? The first part of this dissertation gives an overview of various forms of ethics support that were internationally developed in the last decades to support care providers in dealing with these issues. Harvesting information from Dutch institutions for elderly care showed that the need for ethics support is very specific and not always articulated. The second... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van der Dam, S.
Dokumenttyp: doctoralThesis
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Verlag/Hrsg.: Datawyse / Universitaire Pers Maastricht
Schlagwörter: moral deliberation / elderly care / ethics / practice
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/9eabd247-0b9f-4397-a09f-7a95658d3df0