Chronic pruritus - more than a symptom: A qualitative investigation into patients' subjective illness perceptions

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 316-326

  Bathe, Anja ^a   Weisshaar, Elke ^a   Matterne, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pruritus; Healthcare quality; Nursing; Patient provider relationship; Subjective illness perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRURITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872419357     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06009.x     Document Type: Article

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