Lived experience of middle-aged women living with a disability in Isaan, Thailand

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-64

  Rukwong, Pensri ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Disability; Isaan; Lived experience; Middle aged women; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THAILAND; THEORETICAL SAMPLE; TRUST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THAILAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38949130427     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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