Illness understanding in adults with congenital heart disease

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 895-899

  Chessa, Massimo ^a   De Rosa, Gabriella ^b   Pardeo, Manuela ^b   Negura, Gabriela Diana ^a   Butera, Gianfranco ^a   Feslova, Vlasta ^a   Piazza, Luciane ^a   Giamberti, Alessandro ^a   Bossone, Eduardo ^c   Carminati, Mario ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adults; Congenital heart disease; Education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33644799576     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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