Clinical prioritizations and contextual constraints in nursing homes - a qualitative study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 533-540

  Slettebø, Åshild ^a,b,c   Kirkevold, Marit ^b   Andersen, Berit ^d   Pedersen, Reidar ^b   Halvorsen, Kristin ^a,b   Nordhaug, Marita ^b   Nortvedt, Per ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^d NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Manifest content analysis; Nursing home; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERVIEW; NORWAY; NURSING HOME;

HEALTH PRIORITIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 77955758596     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2009.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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