The willingness to enter a nursing home: A comparison of holocaust survivors with elderly people who did not experience the holocaust

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 87-103

  Letzter Pouw, Sonia ^a   Werner, Perla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Holocaust survivors; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248603452     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v40n04_07     Document Type: Article

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