Role of self-care in the patient with heart failure

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-275

  Moser, Debra K ^a   Dickson, Victoria ^b   Jaarsma, Tiny ^c   Lee, Christopher ^d   Stromberg, Anna ^c,e   Riegel, Barbara ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UHL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Outcomes; Self care; Self management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SELF CARE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862824185     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-012-0267-9     Document Type: Article

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