Reasons for living among older male Chinese residents of veterans' homes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1978-1987

  Tsai, Yun Fang ^a,b   Wong, Thomas K S ^c   Ku, Yan Chiou ^d   Liu, Wen Chien ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^d KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e YULI VETERANS HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Male; Older people; Suicide; Veterans' homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; VETERANS;

EID: 84864301172     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05884.x     Document Type: Article

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