Chronic Illness

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This paper discusses the need for learning when dealing with a chronic illness, such as rheumatoid arthritis. The paper discusses the signs and symptoms of arthritis and then, more specifically, of rheumatoid arthritis. The paper discusses how a patient can better cope with a chronic illness if they are familiar with it.

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"Analysis of Storytelling Living with a chronic illness such as rheumatoid arthritis requires learning. Arthritis is a progressive disease; strategies for living with chronic disease must change as the disease progresses (Charmaz, 1991). Rheumatoid arthritis is a condition that "involves inflammation of the lining of the joints and tendon sheaths of the body and thickening of the synovium and joint swelling" (Ryan & Oliver, 2002, p. 45)."

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