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The canary in the coal mine: continence care for people with dementia in acute hospital wards as a crisis of dehumanization

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Continence is a key moment of care that can tell us about the wider care of people living with dementia within acute hospital wards. The spotlight is currently on the quality of hospital care of older people across the UK, yet concerns persist about their poor treatment, neglect, abuse, and discrimination within this setting. Thus, within hospitals, the care of people living with dementia is both a welfare issue and a human rights issue. The challenge of continence care for people living with...

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10.1111/bioe.12446

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Computer Science
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Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Journal:
Bioethics More from this journal
Volume:
32
Issue:
4
Pages:
251-260
Publication date:
2018-04-20
Acceptance date:
2017-12-17
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1467-8519
ISSN:
0269-9702
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uuid:9444215e-cb3a-4a7d-a85e-397fdbce7302
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2018-02-09

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