The turning point: From self-regulative illness behaviour to care-seeking in patients with an acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3358-3365

  Nymark, Carolin ^a   Mattiasson, Anne Cathrine ^a,b,c   Henriksson, Peter ^a   Kiessling, Anna ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^c SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Coronary heart diseases; Decision making; Focus groups; Patients' experience; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70449504755     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02911.x     Document Type: Article

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