Nurses' and elderly patients’ perceptions regarding autonomy, privacy and informed consent in nursing interventions in Greece
Journal
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology
Date Issued
August 2002
DOI
10.1017/S0959259802012327
Abstract
Ethics increasingly becomes a forefront issue in health care decision-making, as health care becomes more technologically and organizationally complex. Hence, a great number of new laws on the status and rights of patients and professional codes have been adopted in Europe. However, research suggests that violation of patients’ rights of autonomy, informed consent and privacy may still be common, especially in elderly care.