Descriptive study of partners' experiences of living with severe heart failure

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-216

  Imes, Christopher C ^a   Dougherty, Cynthia M ^a,b   Pyper, Gail ^c   Sullivan, Mark D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Public Health Seattle King County   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Descriptive; Experiences; Heart failure; Partners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HOME; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSES;

EID: 79955524105     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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