Emotional well-being in people with sight loss: Lessons from the grey literature

The British Journal of Visual Impairment

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-203

  Nyman, Samuel R ^a   Gosney, Margot A ^b   Victor, Christina R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emotion; grey literature; psychosocial; review; visual impairment; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864787381     PISSN: 02646196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264619610374171     Document Type: Article

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