A Call for Collaboration: Improving Cardiogeriatric Care

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1041-1044

  Azad, Nahid A ^a   Mielniczuk, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGED; CARDIOLOGIST; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICIAN; HEART FAILURE; LIVING WILL; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CARDIOLOGISTS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICIANS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84962505248     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.01.025     Document Type: Article

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