Contrasts in patients' and providers' explanations of rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-344

  Fair, Betty Samford ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Explanatory models; Patient and provider; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOINT FUNCTION; LIFESTYLE; PAIN; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 1542790602     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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