Understanding and Managing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 57-72

  Giffords, Elissa D ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Coping; Psychological and social functioning; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STEROID;

ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AWARENESS; BLOOD; CATARACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EMOTION; FAMILY; GROUP THERAPY; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HEART; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; JOINT; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOON FACE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OBESITY; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERICARDITIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; STRIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PROGNOSIS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242692402     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v37n04_04     Document Type: Review

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