Burden and coping among the relatives and carers of brain-injured survivors

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-8

  Mitchley, N ^a   Gray, J M ^a   Pentland, B ^a  

^a ASTLEY AINSLIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; RELATIVE;

EID: 0029865375     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921559601000102     Document Type: Article

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