Meanings of feeling well for women with multiple sclerosis

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1254-1261

  Olsson, Malin ^a   Skär, Lisa ^a   Söderberg, Siv ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; Hermeneutics; Lived experience; Multiple sclerosis (MS); Nursing; Phenomenology; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77955584703     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310371103     Document Type: Article

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