Quality of life from the viewpoint of patients with dementia in Japan: Nurturing through an acceptance of dementia by patients, their families and care professionals

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-37

  Fukushima, Tetsuhito ^a   Nagahata, Koji ^b   Ishibashi, Noriko ^c   Takahashi, Yukio ^c   Moriyama, Masaki ^d  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Espoir Izumo Clinic   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceptance of dementia; Case based study; Dementia; Humane values; Qualitative approach; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 12344308980     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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