A Portfolio of Academic, Therapeutic Practice and Research Work Including an Investigation of the Perceived Psycho-Social Consequences of Suffering a Stroke: The Perspectives of Health Care Professionals Working in Stroke Rehabilitation.

Vine, Daniel. (2008) A Portfolio of Academic, Therapeutic Practice and Research Work Including an Investigation of the Perceived Psycho-Social Consequences of Suffering a Stroke: The Perspectives of Health Care Professionals Working in Stroke Rehabilitation. Doctoral thesis, University of Surrey (United Kingdom)..

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Abstract

This study explores health care professionals’ experience-based representations of the psychosocial implications of suffering a stroke. Seven female health care professionals working within in-patient stroke rehabilitation participated in individual semi-structured interviews. The resulting transcriptions were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, from which five main themes, with 12 sub-themes, were derived: shame, stigma, misperceptions, loss and fears. The emergent themes suggest that suffering a stroke is assumed by health care professionals to result in farreaching negative psycho-social consequences for stroke survivors. The implications of this study’s findings are discussed and future research suggested.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Divisions :	Theses
Authors :	Vine, Daniel.
Date :	2008
Additional Information :	Thesis (Psych.D.)--University of Surrey (United Kingdom), 2008.
Depositing User :	EPrints Services
Date Deposited :	14 May 2020 14:56
Last Modified :	14 May 2020 15:04
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/856759

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