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| Hearing older voices | | Author(s) | Mary McClymont |
| Journal title | Elderly Care, vol 11, no 6, September 1999 |
| Pages | pp 8-12 |
| Keywords | Communication skills ; Listening ; Sexual equality ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Nurses. |
| Annotation | "Hearing" the voices of older people implies active listening, "taking notice" and interpreting messages. When based on mutual respect and attentiveness, such "hearing" creates an atmosphere of goodwill, whereby message-givers are offered the opportunity not only to state their views, needs, aspirations or expectations, but are also invited to share their experiences and contributions with others. Why should nurses in particular hear the voices of older people? The author of this first of a series of articles in Elderly Care discusses four reasons: older people represent a cause for nursing to celebrate; who the older people are; human rights; and because older people offer nurses worldwide an opportunity to demonstrate their true professional value. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991006001 A |
| Classmark | UO: UOA: TM8: TOB: QTE |
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