Unstructured cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in rural South Australia: Does it meet best practice guidelines?

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-204

  Wachtel, Tracey ^a   Kucia, Angela ^b   Greenhill, Jennene ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac rehabilitation; Rural Australia; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

BENCHMARKING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 58149291978     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.673.29.2.195     Document Type: Article

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