" If he gives in, he will be gone...": The influence of work and place on experiences, reactions and self-care of heart failure in rural Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1077-1083

  Freydberg, Nicole ^a   Strain, Laurel ^a   Tsuyuki, Ross T ^b   McAlister, Finlay A ^b   Clark, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cardiac rehabilitation; Chronic disease; Coronary heart disease; Disease management; Environment; Human ecology; Place; Work

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DOMESTIC WORK; HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN AREA; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; WORK;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALBERTA; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORK;

EID: 77951210937     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.026     Document Type: Article

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