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Barriers to effective self-management in cardiac patients: The patient's experience
Patient Education and Counselling, 09/18/09

Mead H et al. – For disadvantaged populations, typical problems associated with self–management of a heart condition are aggravated by substantial obstacles to accessing care. Ensuring disadvantaged patients with chronic heart conditions are linked to formal systems of care, such as cardiac rehabilitation programs, could better develop patients’ self–management skills, reduce barriers to receiving care and improve the overall health outcomes of these patients.

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General Practitioners’ Judgment of their Elderly Patients’ Cognitive Status
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 10/28/09 Relevance Score: 97%

A comparative study of pregnancy outcomes and menstrual irregularities in northern Indian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology International, 10/21/09 Relevance Score: 97%

Patient health literacy and patient–physician information exchange during a visit
Family Practice, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 97%

Chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced head and neck cancer: 10-year follow-up of the UK Head and Neck (UKHAN1) trial
The Lancet Oncology - Online First, 10/30/09 Relevance Score: 96%

Response of elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis to methotrexate or TNF inhibitors compared with younger patients
Rheumatology, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 96%