Living with unexplained chest pain

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 8 A, 2005, Pages 956-964

  Jerlock, Margaretha ^a,c   Gaston Johansson, Fannie ^a,b   Danielson, Ella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Content analysis; Everyday life; Patients' experience; Symptom perception; Unexplained

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; THORAX PAIN; UNCERTAINTY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEST PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 23944526376     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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