'To be accepted as normal': Public understanding and misconceptions concerning survivors of brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 642-650

  Linden, M A ^a   Boylan, A M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Public perceptions; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVOR;

EID: 77949639740     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699051003601689     Document Type: Article

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