Sources of uncertainty: Experiences of alzheimer's disease

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 677-686

  Stone, Anne Margaret ^a   Jones, Christina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 70349956446     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840903046354     Document Type: Article

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