Defining quality of life for Chinese elderly stroke survivors

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 699-711

  Lau, A L D ^a   McKenna, K ^b   Chan, C C H ^a   Cummins, R A ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FOCUS GROUPS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW LITERATURE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0038447232     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828021000058512     Document Type: Review

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