Emerging from the trauma bubble: Redefining ‘normal’ after burn injury

Burns

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1223-1232

  Johnson, Rae A ^a   Taggart, Susan B ^b   Gullick, Janice G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burns; Family; Peer support; Phenomenology; PTSD; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURN; CAUSTIC BURN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMFORT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETURN TO WORK; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; BEHAVIOR; BURNS; CAREGIVER; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BURNS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969802412     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.03.016     Document Type: Article

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