Integrating palliative care into routine care of patients with heart failure: models for clinical collaboration

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 517-524

  Lewin, Warren H ^a,b   Schaefer, Kristen G ^c,d,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Early palliative care; Models of care; Palliative care; Supportive cardiology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

CARDIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85012118971     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-017-9599-2     Document Type: Review

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