Life after burn injury: Striving for regained freedom

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1621-1630

  Moi, Asgjerd Litleré ^a   Gjengedal, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Burn injury burns; Coping and adaptation; Health; Lived experience; Phenomenology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREEDOM; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN SURGERY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 54049090173     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308326652     Document Type: Article

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