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Peer reviewedHellner, Britt Mari; Norberg, Astrid – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1994
Interviewed two expert caregivers about their experiences of caring for severely demented patients. Ethical reasoning, exemplified by tender descriptions of relatedness to patients, indicated that expert caregivers used sound knowledge combined with imagination, empathy, and intuition to grasp situation, where patient is regarded as person with…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Caregivers, Empathy, Ethics
