Journal article
Fears and beliefs of patients regarding cardiac catheterization
Abstract
The fears and beliefs patients hold about invasive medical interventions may affect their perceptions about risk and subsequent decisions to undergo those procedures. Little is known about fears and beliefs in patients undergoing invasive cardiac procedures and their relationship to perceptions of risks. Using a grounded theory approach, 10 men and 10 women referred for their first cardiac catheterization (CATH) from referral centers in …
Authors
Caldwell PH; Arthur HM; Natarajan M; Anand SS
Journal
Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 65, No. 5, pp. 1038–1048
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.010
ISSN
0277-9536