Transitions in the lives of elderly women who have sustained hip fratures

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1341-1348

  Robinson, Sherry Beth ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Focus group; Functional status; Grounded theory; Hip fracture; Qualitative; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Subacute care; Transitions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUBACUTE CARE; WOMEN;

EID: 0033258224     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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