Optimism, Coping, and Long-Term Recovery from Coronary Artery Surgery in Women

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-26

  King, Kathleen B ^a   Rowe, Meredeth A ^b   Kimble, Laura P ^c   Zerwic, Julie J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Coronary artery surgery; Optimism; Outcomes; Women

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031993060     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199802)21:1<15::AID-NUR3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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