Older widow's expectations of home care nurses

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 79-94

  Porter, Eileen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations of home care; Home care; Older widows; Quality of home care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MISSOURI; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 24944437853     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v24n03_05     Document Type: Review

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