Provision of palliative care for chronic heart failure inpatients: How much do we need?

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Harding, Richard ^a   Beynon, Teresa ^b   Hodson, Fiona ^b   Coady, Elaine ^b   Kinirons, Mark ^b   Selman, Lucy ^a   Higginson, Irene ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 68349111750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-8-8     Document Type: Article

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