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The Applicability Of Values Clarification To Cardiac Patient Education, Bonnie Berger, Vilma Raetting
The Applicability Of Values Clarification To Cardiac Patient Education, Bonnie Berger, Vilma Raetting
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The purpose of this study was to determine the applicability of the value clarifying approach as an additional educational method to assist the chronic heart patient to examine his life style, establish some priorities, and implement changes in his life style in light of his disease condition and the limitations it imposes.
In an experimental study 20 male and female, medical and surgical cardiac patients participated in an educational program involving 8 value clarifying sessions. After these sessions the patients evaluated their own behavior in terms of their self-set goals, in the life style areas of smoking, diet, work, exercise …