The expert patient: Good thinking or a cross to bear?

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Flint, Jane ^a  

^a Wordsley Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUTRITION; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIST; RELAXATION TRAINING; RHEUMATOLOGY; SELF HELP; SOCIAL CARE; STAFF TRAINING; STROKE; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038070283     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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