Dilemmas in end-stage heart failure

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-65

  Chen Scarabelli, Carol ^a   Saravolatz, Louis ^b   Hirsh, Benjamin ^c   Agrawal, Pratik ^c   Scarabelli, Tiziano M ^a,b,c  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical dilemmas; Heart failure; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIETY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920949733     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.01.007     Document Type: Review

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