Away from home: An ethnographic study of a transitional rehabilitation scheme for older people in the UK

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1241-1250

  Hart, Elizabeth ^a   Lymbery, Mark ^a   Gladman, J R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Health and social policy; Intermediate care; Older people; Rehabilitation; UK

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE;

AGING; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; POLICY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFTERCARE; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP HOMES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; REHABILITATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 11044223831     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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