International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 7 , Pages 888-895 , July 2010

Gender-specific barriers and facilitators to heart failure self-care: A mixed methods study

  • Barbara Riegel

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 420 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 215 898 9927; fax: +1 240 282 7707.
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  • Victoria Vaughan Dickson

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY, United States
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  • Lisa Kuhn

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Karen Page

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Linda Worrall-Carter

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia

Received 26 August 2009 ,Revised 10 December 2009 ,Accepted 18 December 2009.

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PII: S0020-7489(09)00403-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.12.011

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 7 , Pages 888-895 , July 2010

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