Unraveling the mysteries of timing: Women's perceptions about time to treatment for cardiac symptoms

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-284

  Schoenberg, Nancy E ^a   Peters, Jane C ^a   Drew, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Ethnicity; Gender; Lay perceptions of illness; Symptomatology; USA; Women

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; KENTUCKY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037211763     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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