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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Nursing Research and Practice Volume 2011, Article ID 376020, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2011/376020 Research Article Caring for Others, but Not Themselves: Implications for Health Care Interventions in Women with Cardiovascular Disease Michelle DiGiacomo,1 Patricia M. Davidson,2 Robert Zecchin,3 Kate Lamb,4 and John Daly5 1 Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney and Curtin University, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia 2 Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia 3 Area Cardiac Rehabilitation and Chronic Care Programs, Sydney West Area Health Service, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia 4 Clinical Support Division, Western Sydney Local Health District, LMB 7118, Parramatta NSW 2150, Australia 5 Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 222, Lindfield NSW 2070, Australia Correspondence should be addressed to Michelle DiGiacomo, michelle.digiacomo@.au Received 31 December 2010; Accepted 19 March 2011 Academic Editor: Ip Wan Yim Copyright © 2011 Michelle DiGiacomo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Cardiovascular disease is the largest killer of women internationally and women often suffer inferior outcomes following an acute cardiac event as compared to men. A gendered approach to investigating cardiovascular disease in women incorporates the unique social, cultural, and economic circumstance