Colloquial descriptions of body image in older surgical patients

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 304-309

  Deeny, Pat ^a   Kirk Smith, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0034308676     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/iccn.2000.1509     Document Type: Article

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