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THE DEEP SEATED ISSUE OF CHOICE
APPENDIX C
The list goes on.
This new perspective on approaching resident rights is appropriate as we enter a new decade of providing health care services. It is an opportunity to affirm that quality goes beyond hot meals and clean sheets. It is the chance to acknowledge that quality perhaps has more to do with meeting, to the best of our abilities, each resident’s right to maintain his or her dignity, pride, and self-esteem while in our care.
individual right to grooming habits;
-the right to refuse treatment versus the nursing obligation to provide care; -the right to refuse food versus the need to feed and offer supplements.
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