Interpretative repertoires of medication among the oldest-old

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1843-1850

  Lumme Sandt, Kirsi ^a,b   Hervonen, Antti ^a   Jylhä, Marja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drugs; Health behaviour; Lay beliefs; Oldest old; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MORALITY; SELF HELP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; MORALS; PHYTOTHERAPY; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 0034057543     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00421-9     Document Type: Article

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