'Airplanes are flying nursing homes': Geographies in the concepts and locales of gerontological nursing practice

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 8 B, 2005, Pages 109-120

  Andrews, Gavin J ^a   Holmes, Dave ^b   Poland, Blake ^c   Lehoux, Pascale ^d   Miller, Karen Lee ^c   Pringle, Dorothy ^a   McGilton, Katherine S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Geographies of work; Gerontology; Older people; Place; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944503787     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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