Unmet nursing care needs of home-based disabled patients

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-104

  Hung, Li Chen ^a   Liu, Chien Chi ^a   Kuo, Hsien Wen ^b  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activity of daily living; Disabled; Family caregiving; Home based; Nursing care needs; Unmet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036777936     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02344.x     Document Type: Article

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