A meaningful daily life in nursing homes - a place of shelter and a space of freedom: A participatory appreciative action reflection study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  James, Inger ^a   Blomberg, Karin ^a   Kihlgren, Annica ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action research; Freedom; Meaningful daily life; Nursing homes; Place; Reciprocal relationship; Security; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903854390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-19     Document Type: Article

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