Barriers to and facilitators of coping with spinal cord injury for Iranian patients: A qualitative study

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-215

  Babamohamadi, Hassan ^a,b   Negarandeh, Reza ^c   Dehghan Nayeri, Nahid ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Barriers; Content analysis; Coping; Facilitators; Iran; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957557912     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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