Return to work after knee replacement: A qualitative study of patient experiences

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Bardgett, Michelle ^a   Lally, Joanne ^b   Malviya, Ajay ^c   Deehan, David ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION; RETURN TO WORK; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; CONVALESCENCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; INTERVIEW; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETURN TO WORK;

EID: 84960325545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007912     Document Type: Article

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