Deciding to attend cardiac rehabilitation: A female perspective

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 207-216

  Pullen, S A ^a   Povey, R C ^b   Grogan, S C ^b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Female attendance; Interpretative phenomenological analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953067718     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2009.16.4.41194     Document Type: Article

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