Heart failure caregivers' support services: Implications for palliative care.
Palliative care initiatives strive to control symptoms and improve the quality of care for individuals with heart failure (HF) and their informal caregivers. Yet, caregiving is stressful for many caregivers and requires a delicate balancing act between providing quality care and maintaining other re...
| Published in: | Progress in Palliative Care Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 318 - 326 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2020
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