The nature of feeding completely dependent persons: A meta-ethnography

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 208-216

  Martinsen, Bente ^a   Paterson, Barbara L ^b   Harder, Ingegerd ^a   Biering Sørensen, Fin ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dependency; Feeding; meta ethnography; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949137121     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482620701296291     Document Type: Article

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