Corporeality: Women's experiences of a body with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-155

  Plach, Sandra K ^a   Stevens, Patricia E ^a,c   Moss, Vicki A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Body; Chronic disease; Well being; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442565912     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773803262219     Document Type: Review

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