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Lying to people with dementia
— developing ethical guidelines for care settings | | Author(s) | Ian A James, Amy J Wood-Mitchell, Anna M Waterworth |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, no 8, August 2006 |
| Pages | pp 800-801 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Care home staff ; Occupational therapists ; Doctors ; Attitude ; Care homes ; Hospital services ; Social ethics ; Standards of provision ; North East England ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | The authors further explore the topic of lying to people with dementia, building on James' and colleagues' pilot work (PSIGE Newsletter, 82, February 2003). A questionnaire was administered to elicit qualitative and quantitative responses concerning the function, frequency, nature and consequences of lying within different care settings. 112 participants (65 from north-east England, 47 from Eire) were staff working in settings including residential homes, Elderly Mentally Ill units, and hospital wards. The sample comprised 4 occupational therapists, 6 doctors (psychiatrists, geriatricians or trainees), 10 social workers, 31 unqualified care staff and 61 qualified nursing staff. Of these participants, only four stated that they had never lied; only two said that neither they nor their colleagues lied. While the authors do not necessarily condone the use of lies, the topic needs to be debated further. Their short article presents draft guidelines developed from the participants' qualitative comments, as an initial attempt at an ethical framework for this topic. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061024009 A |
| Classmark | EA: QRM: QTR: QT2: DP: KW: LD: TQ: 583: 82NE: 763 |
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