Uncertainties of the heart: Palliative care and adult heart failure

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-36

  Pastor, Diane K ^a   Moore, Geraldine ^b  

^a Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine   (United States)

^b MOLLOY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84872432632     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e3182778ee3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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