The Meanings of "Open communication" among couples coping with a cardiac event

Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 266-286

  Goldsmith, Daena J ^a   Domann Scholz, Kelsey ^a  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; IDEOLOGY; MARRIAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875783249     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12021     Document Type: Article

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