Edgar Allan Poe, "the pit and the pendulum," and ventricular assist devices

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 29-39

  Zambroski, Cheryl Hoyt ^a   Combs, Pamela ^b   Cronin, Sherill Nones ^c   Pfeffer, Carole ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Lansing School of Nursing and Health Sciences   (United States)

^d BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEAR; FRUSTRATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; NURSING; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

DEPRESSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEAR; FRUSTRATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; METAPHOR; PRISONS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 77449149469     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2009249     Document Type: Article

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