Health in the context of growing old: Social representations of health

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 539-556

  Flick, Uwe ^a,b   Fischer, Claudia ^a   Neuber, Anke ^c   Schwartz, Friedrich Wilhelm ^c   Walter, Ulla ^c  

^a ALICE SALOMON UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Health concepts; Health in old age; Lay knowledge; Professional concepts of health; Social representations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFE; MALE; NURSING; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0042190141     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13591053030085006     Document Type: Article

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