Meaning and life purpose: The perspectives of post-transplant women

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 250-257

  Evangelista, Lorraine S ^a   Doering, Lynn ^a   Dracup, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LIFE; MOOD; MOTIVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0042267223     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(03)00042-6     Document Type: Article

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