Perceptions of women living with coronary heart disease: A pilot investigation

Women and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-46

  Lisk, Cynthia J ^a   Grau, Lois ^b  

^a Doctors+Designers   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease (CHD); Focus groups; Gender; Qualitative methods; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DENIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032815917     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v29n01_03     Document Type: Article

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