Older women's experiences of living alone after heart surgery

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 118-125

  Robinson, Anne White ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b Coll Nursing All Hlth Professions ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDEPENDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; AGING; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; CAREGIVERS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036692169     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnr.2002.34139     Document Type: Article

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