The meaning of occupational gaps in everyday life in the first year after stroke

OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 184-192

  Eriksson, Gunilla ^a,b,c   Tham, Kerstin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Everyday occupations; Phenomenology; Psychological adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL GAP; OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOGNITION; STROKE;

EID: 77957935135     PISSN: 15394492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15394492-20091123-01     Document Type: Article

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