Using narratives to understand older people's decision-making processes

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1273-1283

  Tetley, Josephine ^a   Grant, Gordon ^b   Davies, Susan ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Decision making; Health care; Hermeneutics; Narrative methods; Older people; Social services; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CARE; AGE; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 69249152635     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309344175     Document Type: Article

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