The experience of couples when one partner has a stroke at a young age: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1670-1678

  Quinn, Karen ^a   Murray, Craig D ^a   Malone, Caroline ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Partners; Relationships; Stroke; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 84911980297     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.866699     Document Type: Article

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