'Getting on with life': The experiences of older people using complementary health care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1692-1703

  Cartwright, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Older people; Quality of life; Uk

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPLEMENTARITY; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947227806     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.034     Document Type: Article

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