The dark at the bottom of the stairs: Performance and participation of hospitalized older people

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 186-213

  Latimer, Joanna ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extension; Nurses; Older people; Participation; Performance; Quality space

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 0033146587     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.2.186     Document Type: Article

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