The family metaphor applied to nursing home life

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-248

  Nyström, Anne E M ^a   Segesten, Kerstin M ^a  

^a Department of Primary Health Care ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; PRIVACY; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; PRIVACY; ROLE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0030160938     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7489(95)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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