Older men's experiences of living with severe visual impairment

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-18

  Moore, Linda Weaver ^a   Miller, Margaret ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Giorgi's method; Macular degeneration; Nursing; Older adults; Older men; Phenomenology; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; COMMUNICATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISION, LOW;

EID: 0041851038     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02668.x     Document Type: Article

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