Emotional disclosure in rheumatoid arthritis: Participants' views on mechanisms

Psychology and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 667-682

  Byrne Davis, L M T ^a,d   Wetherell, M A ^a   Dieppe, P ^a   Weinman, J ^b   Byron, M ^a   Donovan, J ^a   Horne, R ^c   Brookes, S ^a   Vedhara, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Canynge Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional disclosure; Qualitative methods; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748848346     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320500444315     Document Type: Article

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