Illness representations in patients with multimorbid long-term conditions: Qualitative study

Psychology and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1211-1226

  Bower, Peter ^a   Harkness, Elaine ^a   Macdonald, Wendy ^a   Coventry, Peter ^a   Bundy, Christine ^a   Moss Morris, Rona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

illness representations; long term conditions; multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84865076905     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.662973     Document Type: Article

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