Research in cardiovascular care: A position statement of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professionals of the European Society of Cardiology

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-21

  Jaarsma, Tiny ^a   Deaton, Christi ^b   Fitzsimmons, Donna ^c,o   Fridlund, Bengt ^d   Hardig, Bjarne M ^e,p   Mahrer Imhof, Romy ^f   Moons, Philip ^g,q   Noureddine, Samar ^h   O'Donnell, Sharon ⁱ   Pedersen, Susanne S ^j,r,s,t   Stewart, Simon ^k   Strömberg, Anna ^a,u   Thompson, David R ^l   Tokem, Yasemin ^m   Kjellström, Barbro ⁿ  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Physio Control Sweden Jolife AB   (Sweden)

^f ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

ⁱ TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^k BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^l AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^p LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^r ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^t ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^u County Council of Östergötland   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

allied professionals; nursing; policy; Research

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR CARE RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CULTURAL VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIGRATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ALLIED PROFESSIONALS; NURSING; POLICY; RESEARCH;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; EUROPE; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84893066309     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: 18731953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474515113509761     Document Type: Article

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