Remaking the future: Contemplating a life with chronic widespread pain

Chronic Illness

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-218

  Richardson, Jane C ^a   Ong, Bie Nio ^a   Sim, Julius ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic widespread pain; Future; Qualitative; Trajectory; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

EID: 33749028716     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174592006X129491     Document Type: Article

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