The elderly woman at risk

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2000, Pages

  Fischer, Cheryl ^a   Hegge, Marge ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; WIDOW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0041408411     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3521840     Document Type: Article

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