The process of acceptance among rheumatoid arthritis patients in Switzerland: A qualitative study

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 61-68

  Kostova, Zlatina ^a   Caiata Zufferey, Maria ^b   Schulz, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acceptance process; Diagnosis; Integration strategies; Patients' view of acceptance; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWITZERLAND; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84898849911     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/168472     Document Type: Article

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