Improving the care of patients dying of heart failure.
Patients with heart failure have special palliative care needs, but palliative measures for treating the symptoms of end-stage heart failure have been largely ignored. A formal disease-management program for heart failure should include palliative care.
Albert
Nancy M
NM
George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. albertn@ccf.org
Davis
Mellar
M
Young
James
J
D003657:Decision Making; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D015430:Weight Gain