What does the language we use about arthritis mean to people who have osteoarthritis? A qualitative study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 367-372

  Barker, Karen L ^a,b   Reid, Margaret ^c   Minns Lowe, Catherine J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Margaret Reid Research and Planning   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language; Osteoarthritis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION; SELF CARE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION; SCOTLAND; SELF CARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84897707251     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.793409     Document Type: Article

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