Adult limb and breast amputees' experience and descriptions of phantom phenomena-A qualitative study

Scandinavian Journal of Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Björkman, Berit ^a   Arnér, Staffan ^a   Lund, Iréne ^a   Hydén, Lars Christer ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amputees; Dialogue; Functional losses; Illness narrative; Phantom phenomena

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHANTOM; PHANTOM PAIN; PHANTOM SENSATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 72049102875     PISSN: 18778860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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