Palliative Care in Heart Failure

Advanced Studies in Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 456-463+474

  Gottlieb, Sheldon H ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL CARE; OBESITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0242574737     PISSN: 15303004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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