Objective. To examine ways in which individuals with arthritis manage their employment and health by focusing on the type and determinants of diverse behavioral coping strategies used to manage activity limitations, and to examine the relationship between coping behaviors and participation in employ
Use of self-management behaviors to cope with rheumatoid arthritis stressors
β Scribed by Katz, Patricia P.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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