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“It is about taking grips and not let myself be ravaged by my body”: A qualitative study of outcomes from in-patient multidisciplinary rehabilitation for patients with chronic rheumatic diseases

Turid Nygaard DagerNational Resource Center for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ingvild KjekenNational Resource Center for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Elin FjerstadNational Resource Center for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Mona-Iren Hauge
Pages 910-916 | Received 07 May 2010, Accepted 20 Sep 2011, Published online: 08 Nov 2011

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