Adapting coping theory to explain the concept of adjustment

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Nilsson, David ^a,b,c  

^a WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Coping; Theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUSTRALIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 34548480695     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v45n02_01     Document Type: Article

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