Attributions of elder neglect: A phenomenological study of older people in Ghana.
The purpose of the study was to explore how neglected older people describe the factors contributing to their state of neglect. A Phenomenological qualitative approach making use of a semi‐structured interview was adopted. Purposive criterion and snowballing sampling were employed to recruit 12 olde...
| Published in: | Health & Social Care in the Community Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 2172 - 2179 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2020
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