The social experience of aging with a chronic illness: Perspectives of older adults with multiple sclerosis

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 695-705

  Fong, Terry ^a   Finlayson, Marcia ^a   Peacock, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Multiple sclerosis; Qualitative research; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33646803506     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500277495     Document Type: Article

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