THE ELDERS' SELF CARE AS A WORK INSTRUMENT IN THE CARING PROCESS

:An ethnographic study about the elders’self-care in a surgical unit and at their homes. Field data werecollected fromAugust/2002 until March/2003, founded onSpradley’s participant observation and ethnographicinterview. The aim of this study was to get to know howelderly surgical patients deliver se...

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Main Authors: Maria Helena Lenardt, Débora O. Michaltuch, Tatiane Prette Kuznier, Vanessa Luz dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2005-04-01
Series:Cogitare Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v10i1.4671