Psychosocial aspects of scuba diving for people with physical disabilities: An occupational science perspective

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-14

  Carin Levy, Gail ^a   Jones, Derek ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Occupational science; Scuba diving; Sports, disabled

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIVING; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAINING; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPORT;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; DIVING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS;

EID: 33847788982     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2182/cjot.06.07     Document Type: Article

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