Treatment-seeking decisions of women with acute myocardial infarction

Women and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-70

  Arslanian Engoren, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminist poststructuralism; Myocardial infarction; Treatment seeking decisions

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEART DISEASE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33646800515     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v42n02_04     Document Type: Article

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