Using focus groups to understand arthritis patients' perceptions about unconventional therapy

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 253-260

  Rao, Jaya K ^a,c   Arick, Rhonda ^a   Mihaliak, Kim ^b   Weinberger, Morris ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Focus groups; Qualitative research; Unconventional therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 84988254383     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790110406     Document Type: Article

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