title: [The cardiology patient's journey].
abstract: In heart surgery departments, patients follow a specific route, from the initial appointment through to the post-operative outpatient appointment. A study was carried out in 2009 in order to compare the caregivers' experience with the needs expressed by patients during this journey. It forms part of a global quality of care improvement approach.
authors.affiliation: CHU de Nancy, Hôpitaux de Brabois, Clinique de Chirurgie Cardio-Vasculaire et Thoracique.
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Séminara
authors.forename: Marilyne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bridey
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lavoivre
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Villemot
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005602:France; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000451:nursing