A path of perpetual resilience: Exploring the experience of a diabetes-related amputation through grounded theory

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-30

  Livingstone, Wendy ^a   van de Mortel, Thea F ^b   Taylor, Bev ^b  

^a North Coast Area Health Service New South Wales Government Department of Health   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes; Grounded theory; Lived experience; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051582186     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.39.1.20     Document Type: Article

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