Ten Rural Women Living with Fibromyalgia Tell It Like It Is

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 35-45

  Cudney, Shirley A ^a   Butler, Michelle R ^a   Weinert, Clarann ^a   Sullivan, Therese ^a  

^a Montana State University College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Fibromyalgia; Illness experience; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANECDOTES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SLEEP DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036546719     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200204000-00009     Document Type: Article

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