Chinese medicine: Its role and application in the institutionalised older people

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1084-1093

  Wong, Eliza Lai Yi ^a   Lam, Jasmine Kwok Man ^a   Griffiths, Sian ^a   Chung, Vincent ^a   Yeoh, Eng Kiong ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Nurse; Nursing home; Nursing home care; Older people

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77955940820     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03039.x     Document Type: Article

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