Living with severe chronic heart failure in palliative advanced home care

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-302

  Brännström, Margareta ^a,b   Ekman, Inger ^c   Norberg, Astrid ^a   Boman, Kurt ^a,b,d   Strandberg, Gunilla ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HeartNet   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Home care; Palliative care; Patient; Phenomenological hermeneutics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750979869     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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