MS and me: Exploring the impact of multiple sclerosis on perceptions of self

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1208-1217

  Mozo Dutton, Louise ^a   Simpson, Jane ^a   Boot, Julia ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identity; Multiple sclerosis; Self

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84861312076     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.638032     Document Type: Review

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