Exploring the cultural validity of rheumatology outcomes

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1015-1023

  Sanderson, Tessa ^a   Hewlett, Sarah ^a   Calnan, Michael ^b   Morris, Marianne ^a   Raza, Karim ^c   Kumar, Kanta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Patient perspective; Qualitative research; Rheumatology; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866982740     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2012.21.17.1015     Document Type: Article

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