Construction of masculinities among men aged 85 and older in the north of Sweden

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-459

  Aléx, Lena ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a   Norberg, Astrid ^a   Lundman, Berit ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gender; Masculinities; Nurses; Qualitative content analysis; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FRIEND; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FRIENDS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MEN; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; SWEDEN; WORK;

EID: 38149078687     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01961.x     Document Type: Article

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