The presence and meaning of chronic sorrow in patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 11C, 2007, Pages 315-324

  Isaksson, Ann Kristin ^a   Gunnarsson, Lars Gunnar ^b   Ahlström, Gerd ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic sorrow; Depression; Loss; Multiple sclerosis; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 35248852897     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01995.x     Document Type: Article

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