Patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and their conceptions of the life situation: A qualitative analysis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-45

  Fridlund, F ^a,b   Lindgren, L ^a,b   Ivarsson, I ^c   Jinhage, ^c   Bolse, B ^a   Flemme, F ^a   Sandstedt, S ^c   Martensson M ^a,b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Life situation; Phenomenography; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033641525     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2000.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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