Women's lived experience of conceptualizing the self: Implications for health care practice

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-380

  Arvay, Maria ^a   Banister, Elizabeth ^a   Hoskins, Marie ^a   Snell, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033156514     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993399245665     Document Type: Article

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