Patient-surrogate agreement of predictors of decision delay among patients with acute myocardial infarction: A questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1418-1424

  Khraim, Fadi M ^a   Scherer, Yvonne K ^b   Dorn, Joan M ^b   Carey, Mary G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Decision delay; Healthcare seeking behavior; Jordan; Proxy; Surrogate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77956120731     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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