Avoidance as a strategy of (not) coping: Qualitative interviews with carers of Huntington's Disease patients

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lowit, Alison ^a   Van Teijlingen, Edwin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL CARE; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; GENETICS; HOME CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CAREGIVERS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 25644443120     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-38     Document Type: Article

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