Pathways of change experienced by people aging with disability: A focus group study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1697-1704

  Yorkston, Kathryn M ^a   McMullan, Kara A ^a   Molton, Ivan ^a   Jensen, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment; Aging; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77956028987     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638281003678317     Document Type: Article

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