An interpretative phenomenological analysis of African Caribbean women's experiences and management of emotional distress

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-402

  Sisley, Emma J ^a   Hutton, Jane M ^b   Louise Goodbody, C ^a   Brown, June S L ^c  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African caribbean; Distress; Explanatory model; Exploratory map; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARIBBEAN REGION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958789778     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00986.x     Document Type: Article

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