Creativity in older adults: A plethora of possibilities

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-411

  Flood, Meredith ^a   Phillips, Kenneth D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; EMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ART THERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; EMOTIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING RESEARCH; POETRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF-HELP GROUPS; WRITING;

EID: 34247542523     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840701252956     Document Type: Article

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