Making meaning in a burn peer support group: Qualitative analysis of attendee interviews

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 416-425

  Davis, Trevor ^a,b   Gorgens, Kim ^a   Shriberg, Janet ^a   Godleski, Matthew ^c   Meyer, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SURFACE; BURN; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVOR; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84914155505     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000011     Document Type: Review

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