Symptom interpretation in women with diabetes and myocardial infarction: A qualitative study

Diabetes Educator

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 918-924

  Mayer, Dorothy ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Anne ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DENIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 33750737344     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721706294262     Document Type: Article

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