Unawareness and/or denial of disability: Implications for occupational therapy intervention

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 281-292

  Katz, Noomi ^a   Fleming, Jennifer ^b   Keren, Nava ^c   Lightbody, Sue ^b   Hartman Maeir, Adina ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Awareness; Denial; Intervention process, occupational therapy; Rehabilitation, cognitive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REHABILITATION; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036912389     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000841740206900504     Document Type: Article

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