Caregiving for patients with heart failure: Impact on patients' families

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 431-442

  Hwang, Boyoung ^a   Fleischmann, Kirsten E ^b   Howie Esquivel, Jill ^b   Stotts, Nancy A ^b   Dracup, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAN FRANCISCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856511698     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2011472     Document Type: Article

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