Feeling supported and abandoned: Mixed messages from attendance at a rural community cardiac rehabilitation program in Australia

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-33

  Fletcher, Susan M ^a,b   Burley, Mollie B ^a,b   Thomas, Karen E ^b   Mitchell, Eleanor K L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Latrobe Community Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Feeling vulnerable; Health outcomes; Rural setting

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84895065721     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3182a52734     Document Type: Article

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