Being an outpatient with rheumatoid arthritis - a focus group study on patients' self-efficacy and experiences from participation in a short course and one of three different outpatient settings

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 394-403

  Primdahl, Jette ^a,b   Wagner, Lis ^b   Hørslev Petersen, Kim ^a,b  

^a King Christian the Xth Hospital   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Education; Follow up care; Medical consultations; Nursing consultations; Patient perspective; Qualitative; Rheumatology; Shared care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DENMARK; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; OUTPATIENTS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 79955979267     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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