Primary Health Care Nurses' conceptions of involuntarily migrated families' health

International Nursing Review

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-307

  Samarasinghe, K ^a,b   Fridlund, B ^b,c   Arvidsson, B ^d  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family; Involuntary Migration; Nursing; Phenomenography; Primary Health Care; Sweden; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SWEDEN;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750576852     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2006.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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