Elderly persons' social network and need for social support after their first myocardial infarction

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-11

  Hildingh, Cathrine ^a,b   Segesten, Kerstin ^b   Fridlund, Bengt ^a,b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

elderly; gender; myocardial infarction; social network; social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARE AND CARING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030954153     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1997.tb00424.x     Document Type: Article

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