Chronic illness self-management: Taking action to create order

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-267

  Kralik, Debbie ^a   Koch, Tina ^a,b   Price, Kay ^a,c   Howard, Natalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b RDNS Research Unit   (Australia)

^c Ctr Res into Nursing Hlth Care

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Community nursing care; Self care; Self management; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; TELEPHONE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0842312332     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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