Disclose or conceal? Strategies of information management in persons with epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1227-1237

  Tröster, Heinrich ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping; Epilepsy; Self disclosure; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 1842405345     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01221.x     Document Type: Article

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