"They diagnosed bad heart": A qualitative exploration of patients' knowledge about and experiences with heart failure

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-265

  Rodriguez, Keri L ^a,b   Appelt, Cathleen J ^a   Switzer, Galen E ^a,b   Sonel, Ali F ^a,c   Arnold, Robert M ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 46749137238     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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