'Who is going to explain it to me so that I understand?' Health care needs and experiences of older patients with advanced heart failure

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 297-303

  Gerlich, Miriam G ^a   Klindtworth, Katharina ^a   Oster, Peter ^b   Pfisterer, Mathias ^c   Hager, Klaus ^d   Schneider, Nils ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Agaplesion Elisabetenstift Centre for Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine   (Germany)

^d Henriettenstiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced care planning; Advanced heart failure; Aged; Communication; Palliative care approach; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868152298     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-012-0244-6     Document Type: Article

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