Living with advanced heart failure: A prospective, community based study of patients and their carers

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 585-591

  Boyd, Kirsty J ^a,d   Murray, Scott A ^a   Kendall, Marilyn ^a   Worth, Allison ^a   Frederick Benton, T ^b   Clausen, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Boswall Road   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Heart failure; Patient views; Qualitative methods; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 4143115704     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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