Heart failure management: A team based approach

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 894-896

  Stewart, Simon ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Disease management; Team based

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 78650240398     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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