THE INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY AND THE CULTURE OF PROFESSIONAL CARE

• Main Authors: Maria Helena Lenardt (Author), Mariluci Hautsch Willig (Author), Scheilla Cristina da Silva (Author), Adriano Yoshio Shimbo (Author), Ana Elisa Casara Tallmann (Author), Gláucia Harume Maruo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2006-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Etnographic study on chronically-ill male elders' self-care, living in a nursing home in Curitiba-PR/ Brazil. The purpose of this study was to characterize the health professionals' culture of care to the elders in the institution. Data were collected through participant observation and et...