Continuity amid Chaos: Neurotrauma, loss of memory, and sense of self

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-479

  Medved, Maria I ^a   Brockmeier, Jens ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Memory loss; Narrative; Neurotrauma; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NARRATIVE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; STROKE;

EID: 41049098449     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308315731     Document Type: Article

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