Km. King et P. Paul, A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE DEPICTION OF WOMEN IN CARDIOVASCULAR LITERATURE, Western journal of nursing research, 18(1), 1996, pp. 89-101
A historical review of the literature demonstrates that women have lon
g been acknowledged as suffering from cardiac disease and disorder Unt
il recently women's experience with cardiac disease war investigated p
rimarily as the cardiac disease impinged on pregnancy or womens abilit
y to carry out home-related duties. Only in the last decade has a more
appropriate and more holistic view of womens unique experience with c
ardiac disease been undertaken The authors attribute this new perspect
ive in health literature, in large pall, to the advancement of feminis
t approach and critique.