How Older Female Spouses Cope with Partners’ Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

This research sought to better understand how older female spouses cope with a partner’s coronary artery bypass graft surgery and to explore coping’s relationships with life-change stress, cognitive appraisal, resilience, social support, and aspects of spouse’s surgery. A sample of 96 women, aged fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Suzanne Marnocha, Mark Marnocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Nursing Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/923137