Care of the elderly as a global nursing issue

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-72

  Flesner, Marcia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

aging in place; centenarians; gender imbalance; global aging; life expectancy

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 1642444263     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: 15505103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006216-200401000-00014     Document Type: Article

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