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Perceptions of Autonomy in the Care of Elderly People in Five European Countries

P Anne Scott

University of Stirling, UK

Maritta Välimäki

University of Turku, Finland

Helena Leino-Kilpi

University of Turku, Finland, Helena.Leino-Kilpi{at}utu.fi

Theo Dassen

Humbolt University, Berlin, Germany

Maria Gasull

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Chryssoula Lemonidou

Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Marianne Arndt

Germany

Anja Schopp

Humbolt University, Berlin, Germany

Riitta Suhonen

Forssa Hospital District, Finland

Anne Kaljonen

University of Turku, Finland

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.

Key Words: autonomy • elderly people • nursing ethics

Nursing Ethics, Vol. 10, No. 1, 28-38 (2003)
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne572oa
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