Lay explanations of chronic illness in later life

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-26

  Strain, Laurel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; INJURY; PATIENT EDUCATION; STRESS; TENSION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISTORY, MODERN 1601-; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030032784     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089826439600800101     Document Type: Article

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