title: If A-B does not predict heart disease, why bother with it? A clinician's view.
abstract: Ray asks the question: 'If A-B does not predict heart disease, why bother with it?' (British Journal of Medical Psychology, 64 (1) 1991). Having worked for several years in prevention of heart attack recurrence, I am inclined to agree with his conclusion that the construct is a trail which should now be abandoned. Grief, hostility and social isolation, fear and work demands have each been implicated in heart disease independently of Type A.
authors.affiliation: Dudley Health Authority, Aston University, Birmingham.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Conduit
mesh_terms: D001601:Bereavement; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D003645:Death, Sudden; D005239:Fear; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012934:Social Isolation; D014434:Type A Personality