The meaning of home: A qualitative metasynthesis

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-307

  Molony, Sheila L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; METAPHOR; NURSING HOMES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79952114573     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20100302-02     Document Type: Article

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