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Survey: Patient-Doctor Relationship Can Positively Affect RA Management

Linda Childers  |  Issue: October 2015  |  October 14, 2015

The HSS also offers an Early RA Support and Education Program. This free four-part session is available to people recently diagnosed with RA or early RA. Following the weekly lecture on essential information about RA and its treatment, a social worker and rheumatology nurse facilitate discussion among participants.


Linda Childers is a health writer located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Survey Seeks Physician Point of View

The RA NarRAtive survey is an ongoing initiative sponsored by Pfizer and led by the Global RA NaRAtive advisory panel.

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“To complement the patient survey, we recently sent a corresponding survey to physicians,” Dr. Dikranian says. “We expect to have the results in around the end of 2015.”

For more information on the RA NarRAtive survey, and to download resources, visit Pfizer.com/RANarRAtive.

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