Identifying treatment burden as an important concept for end of life care in those with advanced heart failure

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-7

  Jani, Bhautesh ^a   Blane, David ^a   Browne, Susan ^a   Montori, Victor ^b   May, Carl ^c   Shippee, Nathan ^d   Mair, Frances S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced heart failure; Quality of care; Treatment burden

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

COMORBIDITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84877940314     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32835c071f     Document Type: Review

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