Striving for balance: Coping with epilepsy in Iranian patients

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 466-471

  Hosseini, Nazafarin ^a   Sharif, Farkhondeh ^b   Ahmadi, Fazlollah ^c   Zare, Mohammad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coping; Coping behaviors; Coping skills; Epilepsy; Iran; Qualitative study; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; NURSING CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955584064     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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