Older stroke patients' negotiations within the hierarchic medical context

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 778-790

  Löfmark, Ulrika ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gender perspective; Hierarchic medical context; Power relations; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; BEHAVIOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 23844525624     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732305275891     Document Type: Article

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