Home care nursing in Japan: A challenge for providing good care at home

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 94-103

  Murashima, Sachiyo ^a   Nagata, Satoko ^a   Magilvy, Joan K ^b   Fukui, Sakiko ^c   Kayama, Mami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Caregiving; Culture; Expert practice; History; Home care nurse; Japan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TERMINAL CARE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE'S ROLE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036517085     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19204.x     Document Type: Article

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