An interpretative phenomenological analysis of living with chronic low back pain

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 735-749

  Snelgrove, Sherrill ^a   Liossi, Christina ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN CLINIC; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 72849152571     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910709X402612     Document Type: Article

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