Fear of falling from a daily life perspective; narratives from later life

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-44

  Mahler, Marianne ^a,b   Sarvimäki, Anneli ^c  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b Health and Care Department in Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c Age Institute   (Finland)

Author keywords

Falling; Fear of falling; Hermeneutic phenomenology; Later life; Lived experience; Narratives

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE;

EID: 84857039689     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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