A study of factors facilitating and inhibiting the willingness of the institutionalized disabled elderly for rehabilitation: A United States-Japanese comparison

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-157

  Ushikubo, Mitsuko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compliance with medical regime; Cultural comparison; Disabled elderly; Japan; Motivation for rehabilitation; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248599521     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006503909886     Document Type: Article

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