The lived experience of middle-aged women with New York Heart Association class III heart failure: A pilot study

Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 96-101

  Allen, Jennifer Wayment ^a   Arslanian Engoren, Cynthia ^a   Lynch Sauer, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70149107490     PISSN: 08897204     EISSN: 17517117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7117.2009.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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