Patients' perceptions of living with epilepsy: A phenomenographic study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1993-2002

  Räty, Lena Ka ^a   Wilde Larsson, Bodil M ^a,b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitude; Daily life; Epilepsy; Feeling; Perception; Phenomenography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPING;

EID: 79958832728     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03572.x     Document Type: Article

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