Patients' and their partners' experiences of returning home after hospital discharge following acute myocardial infarction

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-273

  Eriksson, Monica ^a   Asplund, Kenneth ^b   Svedlund, Marianne ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interviews; Life threatening illness; Nursing; Qualitative content analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSES;

EID: 70349453876     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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