Living with a body in pain - Between acceptance and denial

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-296

  Afrell, Maria ^a,d   Biguet, Gabriele ^b   Rudebeck, Carl Edvard ^c  

^a Unit of Rehabilitation   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Kalmar County Council   (Sweden)

^d SAMREHAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Adjustment of pain; Bodily existential perspective; Body awareness; Body reliance; Integrating the aching body; Phenomenology; Physical therapy; Qualitative method; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548208655     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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