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The Impact of Nursing Home Admission Agreements on Resident Autonomy.
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Ambrogi, Donna Myers; Leonard, Frances – Gerontologist, 1988
Statistical and legal analysis of California nursing home admission agreements indicated that agreements limited autonomy of nursing home residents in important ways, including constraints on resident's right to make health care decisions and other basic personal choices, entitlement to due process or grievance procedures, and right to informed…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Institutionalized Persons, Nursing Homes, Older Adults