Women's experiences of undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 919-930

  Banner, Davina ^a   Miers, Margaret ^b   Clarke, Brenda ^b   Albarran, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Grounded theory; Normality; Nursing; Research report; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WOMEN;

EID: 84858282254     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05799.x     Document Type: Article

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