Trajectory of end-stage heart failure: The influence of technology and implications for policy change

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-18

  Goldstein, Nathan E ^a,b   Lynn, Joanne ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Washington Home Ctr Palliative C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC PATIENT; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 32444442479     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2006.0008     Document Type: Review

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