Experiences of psychosocial adjustment within 18 months of amputation: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 729-740

  Hamill, Roger ^a   Carson, Suzanne ^a   Dorahy, Martin ^b  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amputation; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Psychosocial adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMPUTATION; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 77949841036     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903295417     Document Type: Article

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