Variations in older persons' descriptions of the burden of loneliness

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 553-560

  Hauge, Solveig ^a,b   Kirkevold, Marit ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hermeneutic; Loneliness; Older people; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE;

EID: 84864777415     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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