Psychological distress in non-cardiac chest pain patients : an application of the common sense model of illness representations

This thesis applied the Common Sense Model of Illness Representations to patients’ experiences of acute non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP). A systematic review indicated high levels of distress and poor quality of life (QoL) in acute NCCP patients, although there were few studies on psychological outcome...

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Main Author: Webster, R.
Other Authors: Norman, Paul ; Thompson, Andrew ; Goodacre, Steve
Published: University of Sheffield 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.574061