Suffering caused by care-elderly patients' experiences in community care

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Svanström, Rune ^a   Sundler, Annelie Johansson ^a,b   Berglund, Mia ^a   Westin, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care; Dementia; Elderly; Lifeworld; Patient experiences; Suffering

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFEWORLD; LONELINESS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EXPERIENCES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUFFERING; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

CARE; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY; LIFEWORLD; PATIENT EXPERIENCES; SUFFERING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ALIENATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84888356601     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v8i0.20603     Document Type: Article

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