Meet the real elders: Reminiscence links past and present

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2647-2653

  Chao, Shu Yuan ^a,d   Chen, Chaio Rung ^b   Liu, Hsing Yuan ^b   Clark, Mary Jo ^c  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d Sha Lu Township   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elder care; Nurses; Nursing; Reminiscence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; TAIWAN;

AGED; HUMANS; MEMORY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; TAIWAN;

EID: 52049106401     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02341.x     Document Type: Article

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