Motor neurone disease: A review of its emotional and cognitive consequences for patients and its impact on carers

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-208

  Goldstein, Laura H ^a   Leigh, P Nigel ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032836044     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910799168579     Document Type: Article

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