Facing the challenge of adapting to a life 'alone' in old age: The influence of losses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 394-403

  Kirkevold, Marit ^a   Moyle, Wendy ^b   Wilkinson, Charlotte ^c   Meyer, Julienne ^d   Hauge, Solveig ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c School of Community and Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Losses; Nurse; Nursing; Older people; Qualitative design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; NORWAY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84872406622     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06018.x     Document Type: Article

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