Quality of life in the nursing homes in Jordan: Perspectives of residents

Care Management Journals

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 149-162

  Khader, Fakhri ^a  

^a NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Nursing home; Perspective; Quality of life; Resident

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84871547932     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1521-0987.12.4.169     Document Type: Article

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