Fear of intimacy with helping professionals and its impact on elderly Chinese

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 474-480

  Lau, Ying ^a   Chow, Aloysius ^a   Chan, Sally ^a   Wang, Wenru ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elderly Chinese; Fear of intimacy; Helping professionals; Medication adherence; Self care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTIMACY; MACAO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SELF CARE AGENCY; VERY ELDERLY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84897525034     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12121     Document Type: Article

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