Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing
Research Article

Approaches to Body Image Change

Florence Nightingale J Nurs 2003; 13: 3-14
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In this article the three components of body image -body reality, body ideal and body presantation- and how they affect each other has been described and there importance for self,image has been emphasized. In order for a healthy person to maintain a normal body image these three components must be in harmony, but it is not easy to maintain such a harmony. It has been shown that for persons with an impairment it is even more difficult to reach and maintain such a harmony. 

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