Patient and informal caregivers' knowledge of heart failure: Necessary but insufficient for effective self-care

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 617-621

  Clark, Alexander M ^a   Freydberg, C Nicole ^a   McAlister, Finlay A ^a   Tsuyuki, Ross T ^a   Armstrong, Paul W ^a   Strain, Laurel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compliance; Context; Disease management; Education; Health services; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SPOUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ALBERTA; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 68949109677     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp058     Document Type: Article

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