Marked by visibility of psoriasis in everyday life

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 364-372

  Uttjek, Margaretha ^a   Nygren, Lennart ^a   Stenberg, Berndt ^a   Dufåker, Mona ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Joint symptoms; Onset of psoriasis; Routinization; Stigma; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; STIGMA; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSORIASIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33847029980     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732306297674     Document Type: Article

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