Experience of being occupied - Some elderly people's positive experiences of occupations at community-based activity centers

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 133-139

  Svidén, Gerd Andersson ^a   Borell, Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

day care; leisure; occupational therapy; phenomenology; qualitative method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860389805     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/11038129809035738     Document Type: Article

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