Power, self-care and health in women living in urban squatter settlements in Karachi, Pakistan: A test of Orem's theory

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 248-259

  Lee, Marilyn Bell ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic conditioning factors; Health; Orem; Pakistan; Power; Self care; Self care agency; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING THEORY; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING THEORY; PAKISTAN; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033158434     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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