A qualitative exploration of quality of life among individuals diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 563-578

  Brooker, Joanne ^a   Burney, Sue ^a   Fletcher, Jane ^b   Dally, Michael ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIMISM; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 67651006786     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910708X372527     Document Type: Article

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