Understanding risk communication through patient narratives about complex antithrombotic therapies

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1155-1165

  Andreas, Dorothy C ^a   Abraham, Neena S ^b   Naik, Aanand D ^b   Street Jr , Richard L ^a,b   Sharf, Barbara F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; heart health; narrative analysis; risk

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77954932779     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310370154     Document Type: Article

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