Toward a model for quality assessment in heart transplantation.
A model for quality assessment of heart transplantation that combines a scientific method for studying the recipients' quality of life and a basis for a method of clinical work by nurses and other health care professionals is discussed. Besides its use as a research method, this model also may serve as an instrument for documenting patients' biopsychosocial status, including coping capacity, and for evaluating nursing interventions.
Gothenburg Faculty of Caring Sciences, University of Gothenburg.
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Larsson
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Möller
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Karlsson
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Stolz-Löfgren
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Pettersson
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William-Olsson
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Shapiro
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016294:Models, Nursing; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden