Commentary on Haws J, Ramjeet J & Gray R (2011) A national survey of GP and nurse attitudes and beliefs towards depression after myocardial infarction. Journal of Clinical Nursing 20, 3215-3223.

The author comments on an article by J. Haws and colleagues on a national survey of general practitioners (GP) and nurse attitudes and beliefs toward depression after myocardial infarction (MI). He suggests the significance of the paper to clinicians' views and knowledge about the association between depression and coronary heart disease (CHD). He also agrees with the authors about the increased mortality rates in patients who developed depression following MI presented in the paper.