Barriers to accessing health care: The perspective of elderly people within a village community

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-21

  Bentley, J M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Consumerism; Culture; Elderly health behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT RIGHTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CARE; STATE MEDICINE; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0037264376     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(02)00028-7     Document Type: Article

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