RT Review
T1 Research on ethics in nursing care for older people: A literature review
JF Nursing ethics
VO 17
IS 3
SP 337
OP 352
A1 Suhonen, Riitta
A1 Stolt, Minna
A1 Launis, Veikko
A1 Leino-Kilpi, Helena
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2010
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1779448171
AB The aim of this review was to analyse the empirical studies that focus on ethics in nursing care for older people, scoping the need and areas for further study. A search of the MEDLINE and CINAHL databases (earliest to August 2009) was conducted using the the keywords: ethic* and nursing or care or caring and elderly or aged or older. After a four-stage process, 71 empirical articles were included in the review, with informants ranging from elderly people to relatives, caregivers, managers and students in care settings. The review focusses on the concepts, contexts, methods and validity of these studies. Based on the analysis, the reviewed research seems to be fragmented and multifaceted, focussing on selected issues such as autonomy, self-determination and informed consent. No large research programs or research traditions were found so it was not possible to draw any conclusions about suitable methods, study designs or instruments of measurement for use in this research area.
K1 Nursing
K1 Literature Review
K1 Ethics
K1 care of older people
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1177/0969733010361445