Family caregiving for persons with heart failure at the intersection of heart failure and palliative care: a state-of-the-science review

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 543-557

  Nicholas Dionne Odom, J ^a   Hooker, Stephanie A ^b   Bekelman, David ^c   Ejem, Deborah ^a   McGhan, Gwen ^a   Kitko, Lisa ^d   Strömberg, Anna ^e   Wells, Rachel ^a   Astin, Meka ^a   Metin, Zehra Gok ^f   Mancarella, Gisella ^a   Pamboukian, Salpy V ^g   Evangelista, Lorraine ^h   Buck, Harleah G ⁱ   Bakitas, Marie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregiving; Heart failure; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CAREGIVERS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85011672601     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-017-9597-4     Document Type: Article

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