Background: Despite international and national consensus guidelines, patients with advanced heart failure (HF) have significant unmet palliative care needs. UK policy recommends identification of those requiring palliative care based on prognosis (last year of life). However, HF has an unpredictable course, and clinicians might not discuss a palliative approach for fear of causing alarm and destroying hope. Aim: To explore aspects of a palliative care approach for people with advanced HF: recognition of need, transitions in care and impact on patients, family carers and clinicians. Methods: Mixed method study with integration of findings. Systematic literature review of prognostic variables associated with the last year of life in HF. Analy...
Background: Chronic heart failure is a complex and multifaceted syndrome characterised by an unpredi...
Patients with heart failure (HF) and their families experience stress and suffering from a variety o...
Background: Chronic heart failure is a complex and multifaceted syndrome characterised by an unpredi...
Background Despite international and national consensus guidelines, patients with advanced heart fai...
The need for people with heart failure to have access to palliative care is well recognized. There i...
Background: Chronic heart failure is common, particularly in older individuals, and comorbidities ar...
Background: Heart failure is a common condition with a significant physical and psychological burden...
Heart failure (HF) is a common chronic condition, increasing in prevalence in line with an ageing po...
INTRODUCTION: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) experience difficulties in timely recognising and dire...
INTRODUCTION: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) experience difficulties in timely recognising and dire...
Patients with heart failure have a significant symptom burden and other palliative care needs often ...
<div><p>Introduction</p><p>Patients with heart failure have a significant symptom burden and other p...
Patients with heart failure have a significant symptom burden and other palliative care needs often ...
INTRODUCTION: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) experience difficulties in timely recognising and dire...
Background: Chronic heart failure is a complex and multifaceted syndrome characterised by an unpredi...
Background: Chronic heart failure is a complex and multifaceted syndrome characterised by an unpredi...
Patients with heart failure (HF) and their families experience stress and suffering from a variety o...
Background: Chronic heart failure is a complex and multifaceted syndrome characterised by an unpredi...
Background Despite international and national consensus guidelines, patients with advanced heart fai...
The need for people with heart failure to have access to palliative care is well recognized. There i...
Background: Chronic heart failure is common, particularly in older individuals, and comorbidities ar...
Background: Heart failure is a common condition with a significant physical and psychological burden...
Heart failure (HF) is a common chronic condition, increasing in prevalence in line with an ageing po...
INTRODUCTION: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) experience difficulties in timely recognising and dire...
INTRODUCTION: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) experience difficulties in timely recognising and dire...
Patients with heart failure have a significant symptom burden and other palliative care needs often ...
<div><p>Introduction</p><p>Patients with heart failure have a significant symptom burden and other p...
Patients with heart failure have a significant symptom burden and other palliative care needs often ...
INTRODUCTION: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) experience difficulties in timely recognising and dire...
Background: Chronic heart failure is a complex and multifaceted syndrome characterised by an unpredi...
Background: Chronic heart failure is a complex and multifaceted syndrome characterised by an unpredi...
Patients with heart failure (HF) and their families experience stress and suffering from a variety o...
Background: Chronic heart failure is a complex and multifaceted syndrome characterised by an unpredi...