The patient with terminal cardiac insufficiency: Difficulty of identification and decision making;El paciente con insuficiencia cardiaca terminal: Dificultad en la identificación y en la toma de decisiones

Revista Multidisciplinar de Gerontologia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-96

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Chivite, David ^a   Mascaro, Jordi ^a   Vidaller, Antonio ^a   Pujol, Ramon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Heart failure; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 13544271974     PISSN: 11390921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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