A lonely life-A qualitative study of immigrant women on long-term sick leave in Norway

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 54-64

  Nortvedt, Line ^a   Lohne, Vibeke ^a   Kumar, Bernadette Nirmal ^b,d   Hansen, Helle Ploug ^c  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Humiliation; Immigrants; Loneliness; Qualitative; Shame; Sick leave; Women; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONELINESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84956915960     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.03.017     Document Type: Article

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