Caregiving for patients requiring left ventricular assistance device support

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-200

  Baker, Kathy ^a   Flattery, Maureen ^a   Salyer, Jeanne ^b   Haugh, Kathryn H ^c   Maltby, Megan ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University Health System   (Estonia)

^b Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TAPE RECORDING; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77952672958     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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