Occupation as a quality of life constituent: A nursing home perspective

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-24

  Green, Sharon ^a   Cooper, Barbara Acheson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0033963586     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802260006300104     Document Type: Article

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