Family members' experiences of the quality of geriatric care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-408

  Isola, Arja ^a   Backman, Kaisa ^a   Voutilainen, Päivi ^b   Rautsiala, Tarja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Family member; Geriatric care; Maltreatment; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY; FINLAND; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4444384529     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0283-9318.2003.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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