Dignity in older age: What do older people in the United Kingdom think?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Woolhead, Gillian ^a   Calnan, Michael ^b   Dieppe, Paul ^b   Tadd, Win ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dignity; Older age; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; EMPIRICISM; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IDENTITY; INDEPENDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAPE RECORDER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 1542329650     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh045     Document Type: Article

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