Living with and dying from heart failure: The role of palliative care

Heart

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Gibbs, J Simon R ^a   McCoy, A S M ^a   Gibbs, L M E ^b   Rogers, A E ^c   Addington Hall, J M ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; DYING; DYSPNEA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036786318     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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