What does posttraumatic growth mean to Chinese burn patients: A phenomenological study

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-440

  Zhai, Jianxia ^a   Liu, Xiaohong ^b   Wu, Jing ^b   Jiang, Hong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BURN; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAPE RECORDING; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952305309     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181db5240     Document Type: Article

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