"When I first started going I was going in on my knees, but I came out and I was skipping": Exploring rheumatoid arthritis patients' perceptions of receiving treatment with acupuncture

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 269-273

  Hughes, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Grounded theory; Patients' experiences; Qualitative research; Rheumatoid arthritis; Traditional acupuncture; Western acupuncture

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIFESTYLE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 70450277301     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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