Acupressure in the care of the elderly

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 10-15

  Yang, Man Hua ^a   Lin, Li Chan ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Clinical Nursing

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Agitation; Elderly; Pain; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; SLEEP DISORDER;

ACUPRESSURE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; PAIN; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 34547820177     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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