Decision making processes in people with symptoms of acute myocardial infarction: Qualitative study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7344, 2002, Pages 1006-1009

  Pattenden, Jill ^a   Watt, Ian ^a   Lewin, Robert J P ^a   Stanford, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; SYMPTOM;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037181703     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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