Nursing personnel's views on oral health from a health promotion perspective: A grounded theory analysis

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-49

  Paulsson, Gun ^a   Söderfeldt, Björn ^b   Nederfors, Tommy ^b   Fridlund, Bengt ^b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Grounded theory; Health promotion; Nursing personnel; Oral health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSES; ORAL HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0036372743     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163502753471998     Document Type: Article

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