Life satisfaction and life values in people with spinal cord injury living in three Asian countries: A multicultural study

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-126

  Tasiemski, Tomasz ^a   Priebe, Michael M ^b   Wilski, Maciej ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; India; Life satisfaction; Life values; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Sri Lanka; Vietnam; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SRI LANKA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIET NAM; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL VALUES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SRI LANKA; VIETNAM; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 84877623971     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772312Y.0000000074     Document Type: Article

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