Family involvement in the care of healthy medical outpatients

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-324

  Sayers, Steven L ^a   White, Tracela ^b   Zubritsky, Cynthia ^b   Oslin, David W ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional support; Family involvement; Medical care; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; FAMILY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 39049189180     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi114     Document Type: Article

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