Adult Congenital Heart Disease: the Patient's Perspective

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 515-529

  Verstappen, Amy ^a   Pearson, Disty ^b   Kovacs, Adrienne H ^c  

^a Adult Congenital Heart Association   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 33750696708     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2006.08.004     Document Type: Review

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