Building a model of self-care for health promotion in aging

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 355-361

  Leenerts, Mary Hobbs ^a,b   Teel, Cynthia S ^a,b   Pendleton, Mary K ^a,b  

^a Delta   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Health promotion; Self care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NURSING THEORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SELF CARE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING THEORY; SELF CARE;

EID: 0036362733     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2002.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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