Using a webcast support service: Experiences of in-person attendees of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator support group

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-104

  Serber, Eva R ^a   Finch, Nancy J ^b   Afrin, Lawrence B ^b   Greenland, W James ^b  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77649180734     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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