Promoting the mental health of elderly African Americans: A case illustration

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 191-198

  Thornton, Karen A ^a,b   Tuck, Inez ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, NURSING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034241721     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnu.2000.8659     Document Type: Article

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