Encountering the downward phase: Biographical work in people with multiple sclerosis living at home

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 881-893

  Boeije, Hennie R ^a   Duijnstee, Mia S H ^b,c   Grypdonck, Mieke H F ^b   Pool, Aart ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Institute of Care and Welfare (NIZW)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belgium; Biography; Chronic illness; Illness trajectory; Multiple sclerosis; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

MORBIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0036326532     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00238-6     Document Type: Article

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