Couples Living With Cardiovascular Disease: Effects on the Marital Relationship

Journal of Family Social Work

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-36

  Pretter, Sheindy ^a   Raveis, Victoria H ^a   Carrero, Monique ^a   Maurer, Mathew S ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; caregivers; couples; marital relationship; qualitative; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893967702     PISSN: 10522158     EISSN: 15404072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2013.865288     Document Type: Article

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