Heart failure management programs: How far should we go?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-216

  Jaarsma, Tiny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0042441970     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00051-5     Document Type: Editorial

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