The meaning of assisted feeding for people living with spinal cord injury: A phenomenological study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 533-540

  Martinsen, Bente ^a   Harder, Ingegerd ^a   Biering Sorensen, Fin ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assisted feeding; High cervical spinal cord injury; Interviews; Nursing; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CERVICAL SPINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUADRIPLEGIA; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 43949098614     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04637.x     Document Type: Article

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