Perceptions of autonomy in the care of elderly people in five European countries

P. Anne Scott; Maritta Anneli Vaelimaeki; Helena Leino-Kilpi; Theo Dassen; Maria Gasull; Chryssoula Lemonidou; Marianne Arndt; Anja Schopp; Riitta Suhonen; Anne Kaljonen

doi:10.1191/0969733003ne572oa

Perceptions of autonomy in the care of elderly people in five European countries

P. Anne Scott, Maritta Anneli Vaelimaeki, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Theo Dassen, Maria Gasull, Chryssoula Lemonidou, Marianne Arndt, Anja Schopp, Riitta Suhonen, Anne Kaljonen

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The focus of this article is perceptions of elderly patients and nurses regarding patients' autonomy in nursing practice. Autonomy is empirically defined as having two components: information received/given as a prerequisite and decision making as the action. The results indicated differences between staff and patient perceptions of patient autonomy for both components in all five countries in which this survey was conducted. There were also differences between countries in the perceptions of patients and nurses regarding the frequency with which patients received information from nursing staff or were offered opportunities to make decisions. This is the second of a set of five articles published together in this issue of Nursing Ethics in which the results of this comparative research project are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-38
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nursing Ethics
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1191/0969733003ne572oa
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Autonomy
Elderly people
Nursing ethics

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Nursing(all)

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