How do female and male cardiac patients and their spouses share responsibilities after discharge from the hospital?

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-15

  Lemos, Katherine ^a   Suls, Jerry ^a,c   Jenson, Mary ^a   Lounsbury, Patricia ^b   Gordon, Ellen E I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEART REHABILITATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037262786     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324796ABM2501_02     Document Type: Article

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