Exploring the lived experience of waiting for persons in long-term care

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-170

  Mitchell, Gail J ^a   Pilkington, F Beryl ^a   Jonas Simpson, Christine ^b   Aiken, Fran ^c   Carson, M Gail ^b   Fisher, Anne ^b   Lyon, Pat ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human becoming theory; Long term care; Parse; Qualitative research; Waiting

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 17144414965     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318405274829     Document Type: Review

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