Keep moving: Conceptions of illness and disability of middle-aged African-American women with arthritis

Women and Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 127-143

  Feldman, Scott I ^a   Tegart, Georgina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UIC psychology department   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Arthritis; Chronic illness; Communal worldview; Meanings of disability; Peer support groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038548312     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v26n01_08     Document Type: Article

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