Families dealing with advanced heart failure: A challenge and an opportunity

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 230-243

  Callahan, Helen E ^a,b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Family; Heart failure; Psychosocial; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MODEL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 0042171840     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200307000-00009     Document Type: Review

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