Diagnosis: A liminal state for women living with lupus

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 390-407

  Mendelson, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649198923     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330902785158     Document Type: Article

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