Beliefs about Self-Care among Nursing Home Staff and Residents in Taiwan

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-98

  Chang, Su Hsien ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; SELF CARE; STANDARD; TAIWAN;

AGED; CULTURE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; SELF CARE; TAIWAN;

EID: 63349101129     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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