Clinical use of sensory gardens and outdoor environments in norwegian nursing homes: A cross-sectional e-mail survey

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-43

  Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen ^a,b   Kirkevold, Marit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Diakonhjemmet   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LAND USE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; GARDENS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84919458948     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2014.932872     Document Type: Article

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