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Which conclusions can be drawn from these clinical observations? One key message is that educating patients and spouses with the purpose of optimizing rehabilitation and secondary prevention is not just a matter of informing about facts. It is a process where professional caregivers must be sensitive to the social and emotional reality of the patient and spouse. Caregivers must also be very aware of the communicative interplay and the fact that both patient and spouse cognitions and interpretations may be very different from those of the professional. To health professionals, cardiological and surgical procedures are relatively routine aspects of their daily work. However, these procedures are not routine to the patient and his or her family — to them, it is a profoundly life-changing experience, and emotionally and spiritually a brush with death.
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Burell, G. (2007). Educating Cardiac Patients and Relatives. In: Perk, J., et al. Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-502-8_33
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