Planning for end-of-life care in heart failure: Experience of two integrated cardiology-palliative care teams

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 71-75

  Johnson, Miriam ^a,b   Nunn, Anne ^b   Hawkes, Tracey ^b   Stockdale, Sharon ^c   Daley, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Catherine's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^c Eccleshill Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^d BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart failure nurse specialist; Palliative care; Preferred place of death; Service provision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; DEATH; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH FAILURE NURSE SPECIALIST; HEART FAILURE; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPORT GROUP; TELEPHONE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84861702702     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5837/bjc.2012.014     Document Type: Article

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