How does a cerebral stroke affect quality of life? Towards an adequate theoretical account

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 152-161

  Wyller, Torgeir Bruun ^a,c   Kirkevold, Marit ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032906596     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382899297765     Document Type: Article

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