Chronic illness experience: Insights from a metastudy

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-452

  Thorne, Sally ^a   Paterson, Barbara ^a   Acorn, Sonia ^a   Canam, Connie ^a   Joachim, Gloria ^a   Jillings, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0036546045     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973202129120007     Document Type: Article

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