The use of writing groups to facilitate adaptation after stroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-37

  Hartke, Robert J ^a,b   King, Rosemarie B ^b   Denby, Florence ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Narrative writing; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; WELLBEING; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WRITING;

EID: 33847646409     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1401-26     Document Type: Article

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