Couples' experiences of interacting with outside others in chronic fatigue syndrome: A qualitative study

Chronic Illness

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-17

  Brooks, Joanna ^a   King, Nigel ^a   Wearden, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; family; interpretative phenomenological analysis; qualitative; significant other

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMMON SENSE MODEL; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGNIFICANT OTHER; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIETY; SPOUSE;

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; FAMILY; INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE; SIGNIFICANT OTHER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPOUSES;

EID: 84896327640     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395312474478     Document Type: Article

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