Structuring the meaning of hope in health and illness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 591-605

  Nekolaichuk, Cheryl L ^a   Jevne, Ronna F ^a   Maguire, Thomas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Hope; Illness; Meaning; Measurement; Semantic differential technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0032905317     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00348-7     Document Type: Article

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