End stage heart failure patients: Palliative care in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 916-920

  Davidson, Patricia M ^a   Macdonald, Peter S ^b   Newton, Phillip J ^c   Currow, David C ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Heart failure; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 78650241871     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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