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Title: | The meaning and importance of dignified care: Findings from a survey of health and social care professionals |
Authors: | Cairns, D Williams, V Victor, CR Richards, S Le May, A Martin, W Oliver, D |
Keywords: | Dignity;Health care professionals;Social care professionals;Nursing;Older people;Ageing;Care;Hands on care |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd |
Citation: | BMC Geriatrics, 13: 28, Mar 2013 |
Abstract: | There are well established national and local policies championing the need to provide dignity in care for older people. We have evidence as to what older people and their relatives understand by the term 'dignified care' but less insight into the perspectives of staff regarding their understanding of this key policy objective. |
Description: | This article is available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund. Copyright © 2013 Cairns et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. |
URI: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/13/28 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7484 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-28 |
ISSN: | 1471-2318 |
Appears in Collections: | Community Health and Public Health Brunel OA Publishing Fund Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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