Living with chronic illness: A phenomenological study of the health effects of the patient-provider relationship

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 109-117

  Fox, Sylvia ^a   Chesla, Catherine ^b  

^a SAMUEL MERRITT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Health effects; Interpretive phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649118801     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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