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Heart Failure and Palliative Care: A Team Approach

Medical Entomology and ZoologyPublished 5 February 1998
Richard Lehman, Miriam Johnson
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TL;DR

The need for palliative care in heart failure, the syndrome of advanced heart failure, and supportive care: psychological, social and spiritual issues.

Abstract

The need for palliative care in heart failure. The syndrome of advanced heart failure. Maximal therapy for heart failure. Prognosis in advanced heart failure. Symptom relief in advanced heart failure. Supportive care: psychological, social and spiritual issues. Communication issues. Care of the patient dying from heart failure. Caring for the younger patient. Palliative care services for patients with heart failure.

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