The cardiac health and assessment of relationship management and sexuality study: A qualitative inquiry of patient, general practitioner, and cardiac rehabilitation staff views on sexual assessment and counseling for cardiac patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  D'Eath, Maureen ^a   Byrne, Molly ^a   Doherty, Sally ^b   Mc Gee, Hannah ^b   Murphy, Andrew W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cardiac rehabilitation; heart disease; qualitative; sexual assessment and counseling; sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CORONARY DISEASE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SPOUSES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873899248     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e318281d0b3     Document Type: Article

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