The forgotten stakeholders: Seniors' values concerning their health care

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 79-86

  Gallagher, Elaine M ^a   Hodge, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Canada; Elder care; Health care; Values

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0032603031     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526869910265066     Document Type: Article

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