The erosion of autonomy in long-term care
Older people, long-term care
Homes for the Aged
Old age homes
Nursing home patients
Patient Advocacy
Nursing home care
Autonomy (Psychology)
In old age
Nursing homes
Long-Term Care
freedom
Aged
Older people
Interpersonal relations
In few places in American society are adults so dependent on others as in nursing homes. Minimizing this dependency and promoting autonomy has become a major focus of policy and ethics in gerontology. Yet most of these discussions are divorced from the day-to-day reality of long-term care and are im…
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