Recovery from fibromyalgia - Previous patients' own experiences

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-53

  Menghoel, Anne Marit ^a   Heggen, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SICK ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0842308253     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280410001645085     Document Type: Article

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