The future of management programmes for heart failure

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9641, 2008, Pages 784-786

  Clark, Alexander M ^a   Thompson, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 50649124231     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61317-3     Document Type: Note

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