Heart stories: Men and women after a cardiac incident

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-331

  Medved, Maria I ^a   Brockmeier, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

cardiovascular heart disease; gender; narrative; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 79952670226     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105310377246     Document Type: Article

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