Gender-role identity after heart attack: Links with sex and subjective health status

Psychology and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-133

  Radley, Alan ^a   Grove, Alyson ^a   Wright, Stephen ^b,c   Thurston, Herbert ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Femininity; Gender role; Health status; Masculinity; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034391901     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440008400293     Document Type: Article

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