Rheumatoid arthritis patient education: RA patients' experience

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2058-2065

  Mäkeläinen, Paula ^a,b,e   Vehviläinen Julkunen, Katri ^a,c   Pietilä, Anna Maija ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Kuopio Health Centre   (Finland)

^e NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Experience; Patient education; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatology nurse; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 66749165380     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02763.x     Document Type: Article

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