"A Lot of Things Passed Me by": Rural Stroke Survivors' and Caregivers' Experience of Receiving Education From Health Care Providers

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-24

  Danzl, Megan M ^a   Harrison, Anne ^b   Hunter, Elizabeth G ^b   Kuperstein, Janice ^b   Sylvia, Violet ^c   Maddy, Katherine ^b   Campbell, Sarah ^b  

^a BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Appalachian Regional Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Patient education; Qualitative research; Rural; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KENTUCKY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE REHABILITATION; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPALACHIAN REGION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84953363641     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12124     Document Type: Article

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