A qualitative study of coping in the early stage of acute traumatic hand injury

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 594-602

  Gustafsson, Margareta ^a   Persson, Lars Olof ^b   Amilon, Anders ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Hand injury; Health services research; Psychological adaptation; Psychological stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036718019     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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