Doing it my way: Old women, technology and wellbeing

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-334

  Loe, Meika ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Health; Home; Old age; Self care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; TECHNOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77950215434     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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