The meaning of the present: Hope and foreclosure in narrations about people with severe brain damage

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-342

  Antelius, Eleonor ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability; Hope; Motivation; Narrative foreclosure; Time

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAREGIVER; DAY CARE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; OBSERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN INJURIES; CAREGIVERS; DAY CARE; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MORALE; MOTIVATION; NARRATION; OBSERVATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 34548219527     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2007.21.3.324     Document Type: Article

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