Violation of ethical principles in institutional care for older people

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Violation of ethical principles in institutional care for older people

Original language description

This quantitative study aimed at defining the extent, nature and causes of abuse by employees? unethical conduct towards clients in senior homes in the Moravian-Silesian region of the CR. The research sample comprised 454 employees and 488 clients from 12 residential homes for older people. The data were collected from interviews and questionnaire. Outcomes were assessed according to the extent and form of elder abuse, the causes of elder abuse and the violation of basic ethical principles. The responses, in particular those of employees, revealed both psychological and physical abuse of older clients, and thus violation of two basic principles: respect for the person and non-maleficence. The group at risk of elder abuse comprised aggressive and dissatisfied clients, with mental problems and dementia. The employees most at risk of being abusers were those who had been employed in institutional care for more than five years, had inadequate knowledge about social services and suffered fr

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FQ - Public health system, social medicine

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

NURS ETHICS

ISSN

0969-7330

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

64-78

UT code for WoS article

000286804000008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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