Sometimes we get it wrong but we keep on trying: A cross-sectional study of coping with communication problems by informal carers of stroke survivors with aphasia

Aphasiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1507-1522

  McGurk, Rhona ^a,b   Kneebone, Ian I ^c,d   Pit ten Cate, Ineke M ^b  

^a SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Surrey Community Health   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Carers; Coping; Depression; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE;

EID: 84855491165     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2011.599528     Document Type: Article

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