Indispensable chairs and comforting cushions - Falls and the meaning of falls in six older persons lives

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-95

  Mahler, Marianne ^a   Sarvimäki, Anneli ^b  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b The Age Institute   (Finland)

Author keywords

Falls; Interpretive phenomenology; Meaning; Older persons

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949275213     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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