Family caregivers' inside perspectives: Caring for an adult with a left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 332-340

  Marcuccilli, Linda ^a   Casida, Jesus ^b   Bakas, Tamilynn ^a   Pagani, Francis ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84921263018     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: 21646708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/pit2014684     Document Type: Article

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