What heart failure programme works best? Wrong question, wrong assumptions

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1271-1273

  Clark, Alexander M ^a   Thompson, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649660800     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq164     Document Type: Editorial

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