Rheumatologists' knowledge, attitude and current management of fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1549-1555

  Repping Wuts, Han ^a   van Riel, Piet ^a   van Achterberg, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude; Fatigue; Knowledge; Management; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatologist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 56349140989     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0967-0     Document Type: Article

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