Incorporating or resisting assistive devices: Different approaches to achieving a desired occupational self-image

OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-75

  Lund, Maria Larsson ^a,b   Nygård, Louise ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability experience; Occupations; Self image; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; AMBIVALENT USER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRAGMATIC USER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELUCTANT USER; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP;

EID: 0037361413     PISSN: 15394492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153944920302300204     Document Type: Article

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