Research participation among older adults with mobility limitation

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 348-369

  Schlenk, Elizabeth A ^a   Ross, Diana ^a   Stilley, Carol S ^a   Dunbar Jacob, Jacqueline ^a   Olshansky, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Clinical research; Mobility limitation; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 70350542633     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773809341732     Document Type: Article

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