An empowerment process: Successful recovery from alcohol dependence

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 921-929

  Yeh, Mei Yu ^a   Che, Hui Lian ^a,d   Lee, Li Wei ^b   Horng, Fen Fang ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Chung Gung Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Alcoholics; Empowerment; Grounded theory; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40449085935     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02098.x     Document Type: Article

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