Dropping the Bomb: The Experience of Being Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 362-369

  Phillips, Lorraine J ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33845418459     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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