The concept of health scale: Developed for Chinese people with chronic illness

Nursing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 292-300

  Hwu, Yueh Juen ^a   Coates, Vivien E ^a   Boore, Jennifer R P ^a   Bunting, Brendan P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Concept of health; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036726744     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200209000-00005     Document Type: Article

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