Patients' experiences of being informed about having an abdominal aortic aneurysm - A follow-up case study five years after screening

Journal of Vascular Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 70-74

  Brännström, Margareta ^a,b   Björck, Martin ^a,b   Strandberg, Gunilla ^a,b   Wanhainen, Anders ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 68749110683     PISSN: 10620303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvn.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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