How people with motor neurone disease talk about living with their illness: A narrative study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-208

  Brown, Janice ^a   Addington Hall, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor neurone disease; Narrative analysis; Nursing; Patient storylines

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41649099050     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04588.x     Document Type: Article

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