Quality of care in terminal heart failure: A "multidisciplinary" reflection;Qualità dell'assistenza nello scompenso cardiaco terminale: Una riflessione "multidisciplinare"

Italian Heart Journal, Supplementi

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 112-118

  Opasich, Cristina ^a   De Feo, Stefania ^a   Barbieri, Massimo ^b   Majani, Giuseppina ^b  

^a Divisione di Cardiologia   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84949118690     PISSN: 15903796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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