Older people's views in relation to risk of falling and need for intervention: A meta-ethnography

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2525-2536

  Mcinnes, Elizabeth ^a   Seers, Kate ^b   Tutton, Liz ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falls; Falls prevention; Meta ethnography; Nursing; Older people; Qualitative synthesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE;

EID: 81955161219     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05707.x     Document Type: Review

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