Experiencing the "good life": Literary views of craniofacial conditions and quality of life

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-18

  Strauss, Ronald P ^a,b,d   Fenson, Carla ^c  

^a Department of Dental Ecology ^*  (United States)

^b Institute for Molecular Virology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial conditions; Quality of life; Resilience; Social research; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACE MALFORMATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKULL DEFECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; WELLBEING; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; CULTURE; FACE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 12344322424     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/03-097.1.1     Document Type: Article

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