Understanding the ecological validity of neuropsychological testing using an ethnographic approach

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1495-1503

  Gioia, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Mental health and illness; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY; COMPENSATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70350023592     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309348500     Document Type: Article

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