Social Support Sources Among Older Women with Heart Failure: Continuity Versus Loss over Time

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-327

  Friedman, Maureen M ^a  

^a NAZARETH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Older women; Psychological well being; Social support sources

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0031204876     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199708)20:4<319::AID-NUR5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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