title: Suffering of Traumatic Amputees in Spain: Meaning, Spirituality, and Biomedicine.
abstract: Amputation is a traumatic incident that entails a chain of psychological, physical, and social events. The objectives of the study are to describe the beliefs and the philosophies of life related to the experience of suffering of traumatic amputees, analyze the importance of biomedical care, and describe other forms of care used.
authors.affiliation: Social and Health Sciences (Dr Díaz), Psychology (Dr Leal), and Anthropology (Dr Echevarría), Catholic University of Murcia, Spain; and Anthropology, Universidad de Murcia, Spain (Dr Schriewer).
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luis Díaz
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schriewer
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Echevarría
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D000674:Amputees / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain; D029181:Spirituality; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult