Common misconceptions about traumatic brain injury among family members of rehabilitation patients

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 41-50

  Springer, Jane A ^a   Farmer, Janet E ^b   Bouman, Dawn E ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0030747579     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-199706000-00005     Document Type: Article

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