Family Systems: Perceptions of elderly patients and their attendents presenting at a university hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-110

  Itrat, Ahmed ^a   Taqui, Ather Mohammed ^a   Qazi, Fahd ^a   Qidwai, Waris ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PAKISTAN; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34047268300     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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