Attitudes of older Egyptians towards nursing care at home: A qualitative study

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-47

  Boggatz, Thomas ^a   Farid, Tamer ^b   Mohammedin, Ahmed ^c   Dassen, Theo ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Saint Fatima Square Heliopolis   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Care seeking; Egypt; Home care; Older persons; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67649305319     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-008-9069-3     Document Type: Article

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