Homebound older adults' experiences with the internet and e-mail

Computers in Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 257-263

  Nahm, Eun Shim ^a   Resnick, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

E mail; Internet; Older adults; Phenomenological study; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER NETWORK; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BALTIMORE; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; DATA COLLECTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035516360     PISSN: 07368593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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