Transfemoral amputees' experiences of the first meeting and subsequent interactions with hospital staff

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1192-1203

  Sjödahl, Catharina ^a,b   Gard, Gunvor ^a   Jarnlo, Gun Britt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amputation; Information; Interaction; Meeting; Patient experience

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAPE RECORDER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTEES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52049126711     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701521683     Document Type: Article

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