An Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Alternative Therapies, Functional Status, and Symptom Severity among People with Multiple Sclerosis

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-129

  Fawcett, Jacqueline ^a   Sidney, Joan Seliger ^b   Riley Lawless, Kathleen ^a   Hanson, Mary Jane S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030160882     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089801019601400204     Document Type: Article

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