Illness Narratives of African Americans Living with Coronary Heart Disease: A Critical Interactionist Analysis

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 497-508

  Dubbin, Leslie ^a   McLemore, Monica ^a   Shim, Janet K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; coronary heart disease; critical interactionism; health disparities; qualitative Western United States; racial inequalities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013173166     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732316645319     Document Type: Review

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