Orthopaedic patients' experience of motor vehicle accident in Singapore

International Nursing Review

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-116

  Tan, K L ^a   Lim, L M ^b   Chiu, L H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Post Graduate Programme in Paediatric Nursing

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Orthopaedic trauma; Singapore; Surviving; Transformation trauma experience; Traumatic event

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGAPORE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 39149135814     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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