Understanding heart failure; explaining telehealth - A hermeneutic systematic review

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a   A'Court, Christine ^a   Shaw, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hermeneutic review; Patient experience; Systematic review; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART FAILURE; HERMENEUTICS; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HERMENEUTICS; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85027546070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12872-017-0594-2     Document Type: Article

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