Geriatric care: ways and means of providing comfort

Geriatric care: ways and means of providing comfort

ABSTRACT Objective: To know the ways and means of comfort perceived by the older adults hospitalized in a medical service. Method: Ethnographic study with a qualitative approach. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 older adults and participant observation of care situations. Results:...

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Main Authors:	Patricia Cruz Pontifice Sousa Valente Ribeiro, Rita Margarida Dourado Marques, Marta Pontifice Ribeiro
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem
Series:	Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Subjects:	Geriatric Nursing Aged Hospitalization Delivery of Health Care Hospice Care
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672017000400830&lng=en&tlng=en

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