Difficulties adjusting to post-discharge life following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-474

  Dickson, Adele ^a   Ward, Richard ^b   O'Brien, Grainne ^c   Allan, David ^d   O'Carroll, Ronan ^e  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adjustment; coping; IPA; post discharge care; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SCOTLAND; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79960680576     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2011.555769     Document Type: Article

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