Older widows' experience of home care

Nursing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 296-303

  Porter, Eileen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

80 and over; Aged; Home care services

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 26844472532     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200509000-00003     Document Type: Article

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