Attribution of responsibility for injury and long-term outcome of patients with paralytic spinal cord trauma

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 653-657

  Brown, K ^a   Bell, M H ^a   Maynard, C ^b   Richardson, W ^a   Wagner, G S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blame attribution; Paralysis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPONSIBILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032824315     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100895     Document Type: Article

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