Empowerment of aging mothers and daughters in transition during a health crisis

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 838-849

  Shawler, Celeste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Evolution; Health crisis; Mothers and daughters; Transitions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAUGHTER; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MATURITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT CHILDREN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 34250767731     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307303316     Document Type: Article

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