Living with an unfixable heart: A qualitative study exploring the experience of living with advanced heart failure

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-231

  Ryan, Marie ^a   Farrelly, Mary ^b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b National Council for Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Advanced heart failure; Gadamerian; Hermeneutic; Nursing; Palliative approach; Patient perspective; Phenomenology; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHTMARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 67650119230     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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