Living a demanding life - spouses' experiences of living with a person suffering from intermittent claudication

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 610-618

  Egberg, Louise ^a   Andreassen, Sissel ^a   Mattiasson, Anne Cathrine ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Care Science and Society ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experiences; Family members; Intermittent claudication; Nursing; Peripheral vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873990913     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06043.x     Document Type: Article

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