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Caring for the older person — an exploration of perceptions using personal construct theory
Author(s)	Sarah A Cooper, Peter G Coleman
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 30, no 5, September 2001
Pages	pp 399-402
Keywords	Nurses ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social interaction ; Patients ; Social surveys.
Annotation	Previous research highlights the reluctance of nurses to work with older people. The present research investigates the interpersonal perceptions of 26 nurses working in two rehabilitation hospitals. The personal constructs of personality, mental state, social circumstances, and physical factors were used in their analysis of patients' popularity. The most common way of perceiving patients was in terms of mental or physical dependence. Health-care assistants were more likely than staff nurses to perceive patients in terms of their personality. Nurses tended to have simplified ways of perceiving their patients. The most popular patients were always those perceived as mentally intact. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011204206 A
Classmark	QTE: TOB: TMA: LF: 3F
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