How do women experience myocardial infarction? A qualitative exploration of illness perceptions, adjustment and coping

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-288

  White, Joanna ^a   Hunter, Myra ^a   Holttum, Sue ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Anxiety; Behavioural coping strategies; Cognitive coping strategies; Coping; Depression; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis; Perceptions; Relationships; Support; Women

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 34249100324     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500600971288     Document Type: Article

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