Altered body image: Appearance-related concerns of people with visible disfigurement

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-453

  Rumsey, Nichola ^a   Clarke, Alex ^b   White, Paul ^a   Wyn Williams, Menna ^a   Garlick, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Disfigurement; Distress; Outpatients; Psychosocial; Specialist nurse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TRAINING;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 9144230116     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03227.x     Document Type: Article

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