Culture and long-term care: The bath as social service in Japan

Care Management Journals

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-60

  Traphagan, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathing; Home health care; Japan; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WORK; THERMAL SPRING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BATHS; CULTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMEMAKER SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 14944341259     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmaj.5.1.53.61263     Document Type: Article

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