Patterns of Caregiving Following the Institutionalization of Elderly Husbands

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-98

  Ross, Margaret M ^a   Rosenthal, Carolyn J ^b   Dawson, Pamela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SPOUSE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SPOUSES; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 0031155358     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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