The meaning in life for patients recently hospitalized with congestive heart failure

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 70-76

  Mello, Inola Thomas ^a   Ashcraft, Alyce S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Heart failure; Nurse practitioner communication; Palliative care; Patient outcomes; Patient satisfaction; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84898639811     PISSN: 23276886     EISSN: 23276924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2327-6924.12047     Document Type: Article

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