Dying from heart failure in hospital [2]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 777-778

  Pujol, R ^a   Formiga, F ^a   Chivite, D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYING; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL DISEASE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0141925649     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg131     Document Type: Letter

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