Prejudices and elderly patients' personality - The problem of quality of care and quality of life in geriatric medicine

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 674-680

  Błachnio, Aleksandra ^a   Buliński, Leszek ^b  

^a KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Ateneum University   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aging; Coping strategies; Prophylaxis of aging; The satisfaction with one's own activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882657026     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889501     Document Type: Article

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