A nurse-led rheumatology clinic's impact on empowering patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative study

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-139

  Arvidsson, S Barbro ^a,b   Peterson, Ann ^a   Nilsson, Inger ^a   Andersson, Britta ^a   Arvidsson, Britt I ^a   Petersson, Ingemar F ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^b,c  

^a Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empowering; Nurse led rheumatology clinic; Patient; Phenomenography

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33746592105     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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