What is the impact of early rheumatoid arthritis on the individual?

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-90

  Griffith, Jacky ^a   Carr, Alison ^b  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Lay beliefs; Patient education; Psychosocial impact; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANGER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; FEAR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035032779     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/berh.2000.0127     Document Type: Article

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