Living with advanced heart failure or COPD: Experiences and goals of individuals nearing the end of life

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 349-358

  Lowey, Susan E ^a   Norton, Sally A ^a   Quinn, Jill R ^a   Quill, Timothy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Death and dying; Heart failure; Homecare; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEATH AND DYING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

CHRONIC ILLNESS; DEATH AND DYING; HEART FAILURE; HOMECARE; QUALITATIVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84880598900     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21546     Document Type: Article

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