Elderly people's perceptions of how they want to be cared for: An interview study with healthy elderly couples in Northern Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 353-360

  Harrefors, Christina ^a   Sävenstedt, Stefan ^a   Axelsson, Karin ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care; Elder care; Ethics; Nursing home care; Qualitative approaches; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 65549154863     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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