Patient and cardiologist perceptions on decision making for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: A qualitative study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1634-1644

  Matlock, Dan D ^a,b,c   Nowels, Carolyn T ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a,b,c   Sauer, William H ^a   Bekelman, David B ^a,b,d   Main, Deborah S ^e   Kutner, Jean S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Group ^*  (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Medical decision making; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 83455228622     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03237.x     Document Type: Article

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