Patients' opinions of acute chest pain care: a qualitative evaluation of Chest Pain Units

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-129

  Johnson, Maxine ^a   Goodacre, Steve ^a   Tod, Angela ^b   Read, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute chest pain; Chest Pain Units; Clinical Nurse Specialists; interviews; qualitative research; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF; PAIN CLINICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57649208476     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04849.x     Document Type: Article

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