The sources of disease-related information for Estonia's rheumatoid arthritis patients: A qualitative study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1343-1351

  Tammaru, Marika ^a   Polluste, Kaja ^a   Lember, Margus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Estonia; Focus groups; Nurses; Nursing; Qualitative methods; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESTONIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESTONIA; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 77955874688     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02957.x     Document Type: Article

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