Comorbidity in modern nursing: A closer look at heart failure

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 280-285

  Rushton, Claire A ^a   Satchithananda, Duwarakan K ^b   Kadam, Umesh T ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac nursing; Clinical management; Comorbidity; Heart failure; Self care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952518029     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2011.20.5.280     Document Type: Article

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