Holistic concerns of Chinese stroke survivors during hospitalization and in transition to home

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2394-2405

  Yeung, Siu Ming ^a   Wong, Frances Kam Yuet ^a   Mok, Esther ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese stroke survivors; Holistic care; Lived experience; Phenomenology; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS, METAPHYSICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; STROKE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 80054014610     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05673.x     Document Type: Article

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