Personal growth in chronic illness - A biographical case study of living with fibromyalgia

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 203-208

  Kalitzkus, Vera ^a   Matthiessen, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biography; Chronic pain; Coping; Fibromyalgia; Illness and disease, experiences; Life changing event; Personal growth; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 77956583977     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000317848     Document Type: Conference Paper

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