Quality of life as defined by adults with spinal cord injuries.
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the meaning of quality of life as defined by adults with paraplegia or quadriplegia. The 12 participants, men and women aged 26 to 66 years, responded to an announcement sent to members of a regional spinal cord injury association. Each subject p...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Rehabilitation Vol. 64; pp. 27 - 33 |
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National Rehabilitation Association
January/March 1998
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