Health needs of women with disabilities across the lifespan

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-87

  Piotrowski, Karen ^a   Snell, Linda ^b  

^a D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Health needs; Lifespan; Women with disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34047216425     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2006.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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