Qigong practice among chronically ill patients during the SARS outbreak

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 769-776

  Siu, Judy Yuen Man ^a,c   Sung, Huei Chuan ^b   Lee, Wen Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronically ill; Complementary and alternative medicine; Hong Kong; Nursing; Qigong; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HUMAN; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREATHING EXERCISES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34047123723     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01695.x     Document Type: Article

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