"doing the impossible": The process of recovery from chronic anorexia nervosa

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 494-505

  Dawson, Lisa ^a   Rhodes, Paul ^a   Touyz, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anorexia bulimia; eating disorders; narrative inquiry; psychology; recovery; research, qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTROL; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84899121710     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732314524029     Document Type: Article

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