Impact of acceptance-based nursing intervention on postsurgical recovery: Preliminary findings

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1361-1370

  Fernández, María Dolores ^a   Luciano, Carmen ^b   Valdivia Salas, Sonsoles ^c  

^a Hospital Torrccárdenas   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Almcría   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Anxiety; Cholecystectomy; Pain; Postsurgical recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871257733     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev-SJOP.2012.v15.n3.39421     Document Type: Article

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