Catastrophic reactions and other behaviors of Alzheimer's residents: Special unit compared with traditional units

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 292-299

  Swanson, Elizabeth A ^a   Maas, Meridean L ^a   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0027672051     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0883-9417(93)90007-J     Document Type: Article

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