End-of-life decision making and implementation in recipients of a destination left ventricular assist device

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1337-1341

  Brush, Sally ^a   Budge, Deborah ^a   Alharethi, Rami ^a   McCormick, Ashley J ^a   MacPherson, Jane E ^a   Reid, Bruce B ^a   Ledford, Ian D ^a   Smith, Hildegard K ^a   Stoker, Sandi ^a   Clayson, Stephen E ^a   Doty, John R ^a   Caine, William T ^a   Drakos, Stavros ^a   Kfoury, Abdallah G ^a  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; destination therapy (DT); end of life; left ventricular assist device (LVAD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957750310     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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