The perceptions of important elements of caregiving for a left ventricular assist device patient a qualitative meta-synthesis

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 215-225

  Magid, Molly ^a   Jones, Jacqueline ^b   Allen, Larrya ^b   Mcilvennan, Colleenk ^c   Magid, Katie ^d   Thompson, Jocelyn S ^c   Matlock, Daniel D ^c  

^a Upper School   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted circulation; Caregivers; Heart failure; Heart assist devices

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CAREGIVER; EMOTION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS;

EID: 84964471148     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000242     Document Type: Article

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