Treading carefully: A qualitative ethnographic study of the clinical, social and educational uses of exercise ECG in evaluating stable chest pain

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cramer, Helen ^a   Evans, Maggie ^a   Featherstone, Katie ^b   Johnson, Rachel ^a   Zaman, M Justin S ^c   Timmis, Adam D ^d   Hemingway, Harry ^c   Feder, Gene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STABLE CHEST PAIN; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 84863072000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000508     Document Type: Article

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