The lonely battle for dignity: Individuals struggling with multiple sclerosis

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-311

  Lohne, Vibeke ^a   Aasgaard, Trygve ^a   Caspari, Synnøve ^a   Slettebø, Åshild ^a   Nåden, Dagfinn ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Context of rehabilitation; Dignity; Multiple sclerosis; Phenomenological hermeneutic approach

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CENTER; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONHOOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 77952197600     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733010361439     Document Type: Article

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