Surrounded by Ocean, A World Apart…The Experience of Elder Women Living Alone

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 45-55

  Roberts, Derreth C ^a   Cleveland, Laura A ^a  

^a Wentworth Douglass Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Elder; Island; Rural; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAINE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035312824     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200104000-00009     Document Type: Article

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