Marriage, social support, and adjustment to rheumatic disease. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The family is an important source of support for the patient with RA. At the same time, the illness creates stresses for family members that may affect their well-being or inhibit their ability to provide support to the patient. In designing support interventions, one cannot assume that difficulties in adjusting to chronic illness reflect a lack of support from the family or that the patient should be the sole target of intervention.

publication date

  • May 1, 1995

Research

keywords

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid
  • Family Health
  • Physician's Role
  • Social Support
  • Spouses

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0029014278

PubMed ID

  • 7767406

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 44

issue

  • 3