Fighting back - Struggling to continue life and preserve the self following a stroke

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 370-387

  Kvigne, Kari ^a   Kirkevold, Marit ^b   Gjengedal, Eva ^c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CONFLICT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SELF HELP; STROKE; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1842633777     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490278376     Document Type: Review

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