The postmodern heart: War veterans' experiences of invasive cardiac technology

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-261

  Anderson, Carole C ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body perspectives; Cardiac pacemaker; Interpretive interactionism; Nursing; Technology; War veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONSUMER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING; PACEMAKER; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOLDIER; TREATMENT INDICATION; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; COUNSELING; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 2342518736     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.02985.x     Document Type: Article

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