Confronting life with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-133

  Melanson, Patricia M ^a   Downe Wamboldt, Barbara ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Content analysis; Coping; Rheumatoid arthritis; Stress; Stress emotions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MENTAL STRESS; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038820098     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02595.x     Document Type: Article

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