Frail Older Persons' Experiences of Interinstitutional Relocation

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 245-256

  Falk, Hanna ^a   Wijk, Helle ^a   Persson, Lars Olof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS;

EID: 79960934530     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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