I have a disease but i am not ill: A narrative study of occupational balance in people with rheumatoid arthritis

OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-39

  Stamm, Tanja ^a   Lovelock, Linda ^b   Stew, Graham ^b   Nell, Valerie ^a   Smolen, Josef ^a   Machold, Klaus ^a   Jonsson, Hans ^c   Sadlo, Gaynor ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Narrative biographic method; Occupational balance; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649122478     PISSN: 15394492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15394492-20090101-05     Document Type: Article

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