Family support and cardiac rehabilitation: A comparative study of the experiences of South Asian and White-European patients and their carer's living in the United Kingdom

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-51

  Astin, Felicity ^a   Atkin, Karl ^a,b   Darr, Aliya ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Health Sciences and Public Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Coronary heart disease; Family support; Health behaviours; Qualitative research; South Asians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 38949111023     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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