Abstract:This study explores the coping ways of the patients suffering from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Six diagnosed patients participated in the study; they were 3 men and 3 women. A detailed semi structured interview was conducted. For this qualitative research the sample was taken from the Cardiology departments of Civil Hospital, Sahiwal and Ittefaq Trust Hospital, Lahore, Punjab. The Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method was applied to analyze the results. It was found that male patients use more … Show more
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