title: Assessment of ethical ideals and ethical manners in care of older people.
abstract: The aim of this study is to establish structured clusters and well-defined ontological entities (nodes) describing ethical values as both ideal and opportunity for ethical manner as perceived by thecaregiver.In this study, we use Bayesian Belief Networks (BBNs) to analyse ethical values (ethos) and ethical manners in daily work with older people. Material is based on questionnaire data collected by the instrument for the self-assessment of individual ethos in the care of older people(ISAEC) in spring 2007 in a municipality in Western Finland. This study is unique in its kind, both concerning the selected approach and methodological questions. BBNs have not been used significantly in nursing research, nor are there any studies that examine the ethical possibilities with focus on the probable effects upon changing conditions.
authors.affiliation: Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa, Finland ; Novia University of Applied Sciences, Vaasa, Finland.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frilund
authors.forename: Lisbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fagerström
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eklund