Institutional and individual autonomy: Investigating predictors of attitudes toward institutional care in China

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-107

  Guan, Xinping ^a   Zhan, Heying Jenny ^b   Liu, Guangya ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247859381     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/J162-6L63-0347-8762     Document Type: Article

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