Psychosocial needs of elderly visually impaired patients: Pilot study of patients' perspectives

Primary Care Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-197

  King, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Gilson, Sarah E L ^b   Peveler, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blind; Elderly; Psychosocial needs

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 35948984212     PISSN: 14764717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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