Needs of patients and families during the wait for a donor heart

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 319-329

  Haugh, Kathy Henley ^a   Salyer, Jeanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34548407735     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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