Missed opportunities to impact fast response to AMI symptoms

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-82

  Zapka, Jane G ^a   Oakes, J Michael ^b   Simons Morton, Denise G ^c   Mann, N Clay ^d   Goldberg, Robert ^a   Sellers, Deborah E ^e   Estabrook, Barbara ^a   Gilliland, Janice ^f   Linares, Adriana C ^g   Benjamin Garner, Ruby ^g   McGovern, Paul ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care seeking; Coronary heart disease; Patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18844474820     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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