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C/PS/151. Types of vulnerability: challenges of nursing vulnerable patients

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2010
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The paper examines the concept of vulnerability discussing social, psychological and physical vulnerability, and discussing a scenario of an elderly lady hospitalised with a fracture of the leg who is distressed about her appearance.

 

KEYWORDS: Vulnerability, dignity, empathy, nursing, vulnerable patient,

 
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