Coping with menstruation: Understanding the needs of women with Parkinson's disease

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 513-521

  Tolson, Debbie ^a   Fleming, Valerie ^a   Schartau, Elgin ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Menstruation; Nursing; Parkinson's disease; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BENCHMARKING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; WOMEN;

EID: 0036885108     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02408.x     Document Type: Article

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