Patients' beliefs about their cardiovascular disease

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1235-1239

  Hirani, Shashivadan P ^b   Newman, Stanton P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 23944467991     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.025262     Document Type: Review

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