Coping and acceptance: The greatest challenge for veterans with intestinal stomas

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-233

  Krouse, Robert S ^a,b   Grant, Marcia ^c   Rawl, Susan M ^d   Mohler, M Jane ^a,e   Baldwin, Carol M ^f   Coons, Stephen Joel ^e   McCorkle, Ruth ^g   Schmidt, C Max ^h   Ko, Clifford Y ⁱ  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Coping; Ostomy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERANS;

EID: 60049091768     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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