Consumers of eldercare in Sweden: The semblance of choice

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1285-1289

  Meinow, Bettina ^a   Parker, Marti G ^a   Thorslund, Mats ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Customer choice; Decision making; Eldercare; Medical care; Oldest old; Social services; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 81555208121     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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