The Experience of Care at Nurse-Led Rheumatology Clinics

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 202-211

  Bala, Sidona Valentina ^a,b   Samuelson, Karin ^a   Hagell, Peter ^c   Svensson, Björn ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^a,d   Hesselgard, Karin ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Skåne Regional Council ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nurse led clinic; Person centred care; Qualitative content analysis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84870300053     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1021     Document Type: Article

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