Older people’s experiences of their free will in nursing homes

Background:Older people in institutional care should be allowed to live a meaningful life in a home-like environment consistent with their own free will. Research on actualisation of older people’s own free will in nursing home context is scarce.Objectives:The purpose of this study was to describe o...

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Authors: Tuominen, Leena (Author) ; Leino-Kilpi, Helena (Author) ; Suhonen, Riitta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2016
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-35
Further subjects:B Free Will
B Experience
B Older people
B nursing home
B phenomenological method
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