A phenomenological exploration of loneliness in the older adult

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 128-139

  McInnis, Gloria J ^a,b   White, Jane H ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b Queens Regn Hlth and Comm Serv   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; GRIEF; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0035374539     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnu.2001.23751     Document Type: Article

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