Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Rationale, Evidence, and Future Priorities

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 70, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 1919-1930

  Kavalieratos, Dio ^a   Gelfman, Laura P ^b,c   Tycon, Laura E ^d   Riegel, Barbara ^e   Bekelman, David B ^f   Ikejiani, Dara Z ^a   Goldstein, Nathan ^b   Kimmel, Stephen E ^g   Bakitas, Marie A ^h   Arnold, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; hospice; palliative care; quality of care; quality of life

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRENDS;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT COMFORT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85031674848     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.08.036     Document Type: Review

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