The impact of defibrillator discharges on psychological functioning of implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-78

  Konstam, Varda ^a   Colburn, Carol ^a   Butts, Laurie ^a   Estes III, N A Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharges; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) recipients; Psychosocial adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006124721     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01989290     Document Type: Article

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