Family caregivers' reactions and coping for persons with brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1025-1037

  Man, D W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURY; CAREGIVER; CHINESE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0036891389     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269905021000010087     Document Type: Article

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