The meanings older people give to their rehabilitation experience

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-164

  Wallin, Marjo ^a   Talvitie, Ulla ^a   Cattan, Mima ^b   Karppi, Sirkka Liisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Inpatient rehabilitation; Interview; Meaning; Older adults; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; PLANNING METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33847294826     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005113     Document Type: Article

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