Making a good time": The role of friendship in living successfully with aphasia

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-175

  Brown, Kyla ^a,b   Davidson, Bronwyn ^a,c   Worrall, Linda E ^a,b   Howe, Tami ^d  

^a Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Aphasia Rehabilitation   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Friends; Living successfully; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE;

EID: 84874584301     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2012.692814     Document Type: Article

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