"far as i get is the clothesline": The impact of leisure on women's health and unpaid caregiving experiences in Nova Scotia, Canada

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-68

  Gahagan, Jacqueline ^a   Loppie, Charlotte ^a   Rehman, Laurene ^a   MacLellan, Marlene ^b   Side, Katherine ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NOVA SCOTIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33845316941     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330601003408     Document Type: Article

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