Navigating Motherhood Choices in the context of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Women's Stories

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-82

  Meade, T ^a,b   Sharpe, L ^b   Hallab, L ^a   Aspanell, D ^c   Manolios, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motherhood; Rheumatoid arthritis; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84879228642     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1031     Document Type: Article

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