Out of the multiple margins: Older women managing their health care

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 90-108

  Kinch, Janice L ^a   Jakubec, Sonya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Feminism; Older women; Phenomenology; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POVERTY;

EID: 12344302996     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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