Philosophical Implications of the Systemic and Patient-Oriented Management of Chronic Heart Failure

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 348-358

  Schwarz, Ernst R ^a   Cleenewerck, Laurent ^a   Phan, Anita ^a   Bharadwaj, Parag ^a   Hobbs, Russell ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical model; Heart failure; Humanistic model; Medical ethics; Philosophy in medicine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; SELF CARE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SELF CARE;

EID: 79956040606     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9415-y     Document Type: Article

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