Doing-being-becoming: Occupational experiences of persons with life-threatening illnesses

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-295

  Lyons, Michael ^a   Orozovic, Nicole ^b   Davis, Joanne ^b   Newman, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Day hospice; Palliative care; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RELIGION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRIENDS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCCUPATIONS; SPIRITUALISM; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0036581746     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.56.3.285     Document Type: Article

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