Psychosocial aspects of adjusting to disability in older people

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-256

  Ward, M C ^a   Higgs, P ^b  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0031722251     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259898008375     Document Type: Review

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