Self-Care Agency: The Concept and How It Is Measured

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-207

  Carter, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CARE;

HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PERSONALITY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CARE;

EID: 0032250776     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.6.2.195     Document Type: Article

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