Become your own advocate: Advice from women living with scleroderma

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 1492-1501

  Mendelson, Cindy ^a   Poole, Janet L ^b  

^a Department of Physiology and Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy selfmanagement; Focus groups; Scleroderma; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCLERODERMA; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SELF CARE;

EID: 34648820029     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280601029480     Document Type: Article

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