How older adults combine medical and experiential notions of depression

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1174-1183

  Wittink, Marsha N ^a   Dahlberg, Britt ^a   Biruk, Crystal ^a   Barg, Frances K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Health concepts; Older people; Primary health care; Qualitative methods, general

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGING; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 49449112332     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308321737     Document Type: Article

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