Violent, caring, unpredictable: Public views on survivors of brain injury

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 763-770

  Linden, M A ^a   Crothers, I R ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Craigavon and Banbridge Community Health and Social Services Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attributes; Brain injury; Public perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CARE AND CARING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; TRUST; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750619279     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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