Midlife experiences of Thai women

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-56

  Arpanantikul, Manee ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Feminist theory; Midlife; Midlife experience; Nursing; Phenomenology; Thai women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; THAILAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 3042751895     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03064.x     Document Type: Article

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