Self-assessment of health and social care needs by older people

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-312

  Harris, Ruth ^a   Ullman, Roz ^b   Griffiths, Peter ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CINAHL; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL CARE;

EID: 35648977111     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259807002262     Document Type: Review

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