Role of biographical experience and bodily sensations in patients' adaptation to hypertension

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-243

  Sangren H ^a,b   Reventlow, S ^b   Hetlevik, I ^c  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Body; Hypertension; Qualitative research; Risk; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF CONCEPT; SENSATION;

EID: 58149234739     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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