Shedding the Layers: Exploring the Impact of the Burn Camp Experience on Adolescent Campers' Body Image

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 141-147

  Cox, Ellen R ^a   Call, Serena B ^a   Williams, Nancy R ^a   Reeves, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BURN SCAR; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BURNS; CAMPING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642485665     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000105051.08323.8B     Document Type: Review

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