Silent no more: Elderly women's stories of living with urinary incontinence on long-term care

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-20

  MacDonald, Cathy D ^a   Butler, Lorna ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WOMEN;

EID: 33947731895     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20070101-05     Document Type: Article

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