Helping others heal: Burn survivors and peer support

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Badger, Karen ^a   Royse, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn survivor; Burns; Peer support; Peer supporters; Psychosocial intervention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 74749091391     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380903157963     Document Type: Article

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