Identifying service needs from the users and service providers' perspective: A focus group study of Chinese elders, health and social care professionals

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3463-3471

  Woo, Jean ^a   Mak, Benise ^b   Cheng, Joanna Oy ^a   Choy, Edith ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly; Focus group; Nurses; Nursing; Service needs; Users' perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155124481     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03702.x     Document Type: Article

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