Understanding the experience of living with spinal muscular atrophy: A qualitative description

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 250-256

  Lamb, Connie ^a   Peden, Ann ^b  

^a Connie Lamb RN ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COST OF ILLNESS; CREATIVITY; CURRICULUM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COST OF ILLNESS; CREATIVENESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 54049115900     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01376517-200808000-00009     Document Type: Article

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