Users evaluate LupusLine, a telephone peer counseling service

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 257-263

  Horton, Roberta ^a,e   Peterson, Margaret G E ^a   Powell, Susan ^b   Engelhard, Enid ^d   Paget, Stephen A ^c  

^a Dept Patient Care and Qual Mgmt ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

^d SLE Foundation   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer counseling; Psychosocial support; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Telephone counseling

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TELEPHONE; TRAINING;

EID: 84988273461     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790100407     Document Type: Article

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