Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 82-98 , March 1998

Taiwanese patients' concerns and coping strategies: Transition to cardiac surgery

  • Fu-Jin Shih, RN, DNSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Fu-Jin Shih, DNSc, RN, Associate Professor, National Taiwan University School of Nursing, No.1, Section 1, Jen-Ai Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 10018.
    • National Taiwan University School of Nursing and College of Medicine, the National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, PhD, DrPS(Hon), FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health Systems, the University of California-San Francisco School of Nursing San Francico, Calif., USA
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  • Po-Jui Yu, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University School of Nursing and College of Medicine, the National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Wen-Yu Hu, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University School of Nursing and College of Medicine, the National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Meei-Fang Lou, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University School of Nursing and College of Medicine, the National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Guey-Shiun Huang, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University School of Nursing and College of Medicine, the National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China

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 Financial support from the National Science Council, Taiwan, Republic of China.

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Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 82-98 , March 1998