Recruiting older people into a large, community-based study of heart failure

Chronic Illness

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-329

  Barnes, Sarah ^a   Gott, Merryn ^a   Payne, Sheila ^a   Parker, Chris ^a   Seamark, David ^b   Gariballa, Salah ^a   Small, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 33748199414     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/17423953050010040201     Document Type: Article

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