Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 191-198 , May 2008

Women and Men with Coronary Heart Disease in Three Countries: Are They Treated Differently?

  • Markus Bönte, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • Markus Bönte is an Associate Research Scientist. His PhD thesis is about non-medical influences on clinical decision making.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Markus Bönte, MA, Department of Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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  • Olaf von dem Knesebeck, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • Olaf von dem Knesebeck, PhD, is a Professor of Medical Sociology with a focus on social influences on health and healthcare.
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  • Johannes Siegrist, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • Johannes Siegrist, PhD, holds a Professorship of Medical Sociology. His area of research concentration is about work stress and social inequalities in health.
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  • Lisa Marceau, MPH

      Affiliations

    • New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • Lisa Marceau, MPH, is the Vice President of Media and Communications Research at the New England Research Institutes (NERI).
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  • Carol Link, PhD

      Affiliations

    • New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • Carol Link, PhD, works as a Senior Statistician at the New England Research Institutes.
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  • Sara Arber, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
    • Sara Arber is Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender.
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  • Ann Adams, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
    • Ann Adams is a Principal Research Fellow with a focus on decision-making processes.
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  • John B. McKinlay, PhD

      Affiliations

    • New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • John B. McKinlay, PhD, is Senior Vice President and Director of the New England Research Institutes.

Received 15 May 2007 ,Accepted 15 January 2008.

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 Supported by Grant No. AG 16747 from the National Institute on Aging, NIH.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00004-2

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.01.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 191-198 , May 2008