At the mercy of others - for better or worse

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 537-543

  Dybvik, Tove Katrin ^a   Gjengedal, Eva ^b,c   Lykkeslet, Else ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Lifeworld; Lived experience; Nursing home; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

AGED; HUMAN; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; HUMANS; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84905039856     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/scs.12078     Document Type: Article

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