Provision of palliative care for chronic heart failure inpatients: how much do we need?

Synopsis:

This resource is a research abstract from BMC Palliative Care on palliative care intervention for patients with chronic heart failure. This study aimed to: 1) Measure point prevalence of inpatients appropriate for palliative care. 2) Identify patient characteristics associated with palliative care appropriateness. 3) Propose evidence-based clinical referral criteria.

Source:

BMC Palliative Care

Vol/Page/Date:

BMC Palliative Care 2009, 8:8

Resource Type:

Webpage

Journal Article

Author/Source:

Richard Harding, Teresa Beynon et al

Date of Resource:

2009-06-29