Rheumatic heart disease : the meaning of this illness to patients and their families - a study of male adult patients with rheumatic heart disease admitted to Shaughnessy Hospital (1948-1951)

The purpose of this study has been to determine, (1) whether there is a connection between a patient's social and personal background and his susceptibility to rheumatic heart disease, (2) whether emotion-producing conditions affect the development and later recurrences of this disease, (3) wha...

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Main Author: Rykiss, Ben
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/41141