The experience of people awaiting coronary artery bypass graft surgery: The Icelandic experience

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-74

  Jónsdóttir, Helga ^b   Baldursdóttir, Lovísa ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Heart patients; Preoperative needs; Wait for CABG surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0031606483     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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