The mental health problems and needs of older people following lower-limb amputation

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-163

  Briggs, Wendy ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEREAVEMENT; BODY IMAGE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PHANTOM PAIN; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 34250732881     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259807002171     Document Type: Review

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