The private struggle of mothers with asthma: A gender perspective on illness management

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-86

  Van Mens Verhulst, Janneke ^a   Radtke, H Lorraine ^b   Spence, Cheryl D ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic illness; Gender; Illness management; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SICK ROLE;

EID: 2942716749     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00200-3     Document Type: Article

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