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Knowledge and distress: implications for cardiac recovery programmes

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Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes aim to provide the patient and family with the information, skills and coping strategies necessary to take appropriate control over the management of their own recovery pain (Dorossiev, 1983; O’Connor, 1989; Thompson, 1990; Lewin et al., 1992).

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© 1993 Joan Foulkes, Marie Johnston and Catherine Robertson

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Foulkes, J., Johnston, M., Robertson, C. (1993). Knowledge and distress: implications for cardiac recovery programmes. In: Wilson-Barnett, J., Clark, J.M. (eds) Research in health promotion and nursing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23067-9_22

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