The relationship between gerotranscendence and demographics in institutionalized elders

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 37-46

  Hsieh, Ling Yu ^a   Wang, Jing Jy ^b,c  

^a Department of Nursing

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gerotranscendence; Institutional elders; Personal characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE;

EID: 58049197815     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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