The relationship between attitudes towards care and care preferences of elderly community residents in the Netherlands

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 493-512

  Wielink, Gina ^a   Huijsman, Robbert ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Informal Formal Arrangements; Preferences

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0033510066     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800010060     Document Type: Article

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