An Investigation of the Benefits of Palliative Care for Patients with Chronic Heart Failure at a Novel Hospital-Based Palliative Care Service.
INTRODUCTION: Heart failure is a chronic cardiac condition that would benefit from palliative care and yet palliative care is still mainly provided for people with cancer or HIV. Patients with end-stage heart failure experience similar clinical symptoms as patients with advanced cancer with signific...
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Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2019
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29493 |