Encounters in close care relations from the perspective of personal assistants working with persons with severe disablility

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-188

  Ahlström, Gerd ^a   Wadensten, Barbro ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Community care; Disabled; Empathy; Personal assistant; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349088288     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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