Making the best of it: Adapting to the ambivalence of a nursing home environment

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-132

  Kahn, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032619448     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973299129121631     Document Type: Article

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