Managing palliative care for adults with advanced heart failure

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 38-57

  Kaasalainen, Sharon ^a,b   Strachan, Patricia H ^b   Brazil, Kevin ^b   Marshall, Denise ^b   Willison, Kathleen ^a,b   Dolovich, Lisa ^b,c   Taniguchi, Alan ^b   Demers, Catherine ^b,d  

^a U of Ottawa School of Nursing   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to care; Cardiovascular disease; Community health nursing; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE;

ADULT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 80053268828     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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