Health needs of lone elderly Chinese men with heart disease during their hospitalization

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-72

  Shih, Shaw Niw ^b   Shih, Fu Jin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac care; Culturally sensitive care; Elderly Chinese male patients; Ethical care; Health needs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032601599     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973309900600107     Document Type: Article

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