Congestive heart failure clinics - A Canadian survey

Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-14

  Azad, Nahid A ^a,b   Molnar, Frank J ^b   Byszewski, Anna ^a,b   Legault, Pierre Marc ^b   Power, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestive Heart Failure; Education; Exercise; Health Care Delivery; Health Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; COST CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2442677900     PISSN: 14963892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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