Personality as an Indicator of ‘Goodness of Fit’ Between the Elderly Individual and the Health Service System

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 41-53

  Rosowsky, Erlene ^a   Gurian, Bennett ^a   Dougherty, Linda M ^b   Johnson, Christopher J ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 0030892118     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v17n03_05     Document Type: Article

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