The meaning of feeling well in people with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2273-2281

  Jumisko, Eija ^b   Lexell, Jan ^a   Söderberg, Siv ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Hermeneutics; Interpretation; Phenomenological; Traumatic; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 68249111408     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02738.x     Document Type: Article

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