Religious Activities and Attitudes of Older Adults in a Geriatric Assessment Clinic

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 362-374

  Koenig, Harold G ^a   Moberg, David O ^b   Kvale, James N ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGE; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023889136     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1988.tb02365.x     Document Type: Article

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