Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 170-187 , May 2007

Caregiver burden and outcomes of caregiving of spouses of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery

  • Margo A. Halm, RN, PhD, CCRN, APRN-BC

      Affiliations

    • United Hospital, St Paul, Minn
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Margo A. Halm, RN, PhD, CCRN, APRN-BC, United Hospital, 333 N. Smith Avenue, St Paul, MN 55102.
    • ,
  • Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minn.
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  • Ruth Lindquist, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minn.
    • ,
  • Kay Savik, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minn.

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 Funding for this study was provided by a Block Area Grant (School of Nursing), Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant (Graduate School), and Juran Fellowship in Quality (Carlson School of Management), all from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn; and a Geriatric Nursing Dissertation Award from the John A. Hartford Foundation.

PII: S0147-9563(06)00225-1

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.08.003

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 170-187 , May 2007

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