Patients' narrative accounts of open-heart surgery and recovery: Authorial voice of technology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 754-762

  Lapum, Jennifer ^a   Angus, Jan E ^b   Peter, Elizabeth ^b   Watt Watson, Judy ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic and mitral valve replacement and repair; Authorial voice; Canada; Cardiac surgery; Coronary artery bypass graft; Narrative inquiry; Patients' experiences; Technology

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MAPPING METHOD; MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SCIENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; VOICE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CANADA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

CANADA;

EID: 75849151236     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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