TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - War-wounded refugees. Quality of life after 2-3 years in Sweden
JO  - Scandinavian journal of social medicine
A1  - Sandstedt, A. C.
A1  - Carlsson, V. A.
A1  - Hörnquist, J. O.
A1  - Thyberg, M.
SP  - 173
EP  - 178
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
N2  - The Medical Center for Refugees in Linköping, Sweden, includes a medical ward for refugees and asylum applicants. It was started in January, 1986 and is financed by the Swedish Immigration Board. Sixty percent of the patients are war-wounded and 40% have diagnoses non-related to war. This article describes a group of 19 refugees who were the war-wounded patients at this ward in June, 1986. In most of them the main medical impairment was amputation. They were followed up in 1988 by interview and self-ratings. The aim was to illuminate their quality of life after 2-3 years in Sweden. Most of them were satisfied with their external living conditions. Their psychological well-being, however, was not so good and they were very occupied by thoughts of their native countries. Their physical handicaps seemed to be of secondary importance.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0300-8037
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -