What happens along the diagnostic pathway to CHD treatment? Qualitative results concerning cognitive processes

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1077-1092

  Lutfey, Karen E ^a   McKinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Coronary heart disease; Qualitative methods; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 70350503343     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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