The illness experiences of patients after a first time myocardial infarction

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-131

  Jensen, Birte Ostergaard ^a   Petersson, Kerstin ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Existential threat; Myocardial infarction; Need for knowledge and support; Nursing care; Treatment seeking behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0142188638     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00196-9     Document Type: Article

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