| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
The Prevention & intervention in the community series |
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Prevention & intervention in the community series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Preventing Illness Among People with Coronary Heart Disease; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1. The Effects of Alcohol Use Reduction Upon Coronary Heart Disease and Blood Pressure; 2. The Paradoxical Effects of CHD Risk Factors in the Oldest Old; 3. Social Support, Coping Strategies, and Psychosocial Adjustment to Cardiac Illness: Implications for Assessment and Prevention; 4. Prevention of Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease; 5. The Effect of Intensive Coronary Risk Reduction on Psychosocial and Health-Related Quality of Life Responses |
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6. Preventive Care for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Review of Changing Technology7. Exercise Interventions for Older Adults with High Blood Pressure: From Efficacy to Adherence; 8. Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Review of Psychosocial and Quality of Life Outcomes; 9. Smoking Cessation Following a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program; Index |
| Summary |
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death and illness in the United States, and though much progress has been made in reducing cardiac risk factors, obesity and diabetes mellitus are on the rise. Preventing Illness Among People With Coronary Heart Disease explores recent advances in drug treatments for CAD risk factors and how these interventions can play an important role in improving the length and quality of patients'lives by addressing health behaviors and the need for behavioral change. This advanced text shows readers how mental health problems such as anxiety, depressi |
| Notes |
Originally published by The Haworth Press in 1996; Transferred to digital printing 2010 by Routledge |
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 11, 2012) |
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"Has also been published as Journal of prevention & intervention in the community, volume 13, numbers 1/2 1996"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Coronary heart disease -- Risk factors
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Coronary heart disease -- Psychological aspects
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Coronary heart disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
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Coronary heart disease -- Complications -- Prevention
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Coronary Disease -- complications
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Coronary Disease -- psychology
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Heart.
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MEDICAL -- Cardiology.
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Coronary heart disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
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Coronary heart disease -- Psychological aspects
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Coronary heart disease -- Risk factors
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Piette, John D.
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Kaplan, Robert M. (Robert Malcolm), 1947-
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Ferrari, Joseph R.
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| ISBN |
9781136370328 |
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1136370323 |
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