2nd Edition

Heart Failure and Palliative Care A Team Approach, Second Edition

Edited By Miriam Johnson, Richard Lehman, Karen J. Hogg Copyright 2015
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

Full of practical, evidence based advice, ‘Heart Failure and Palliative Care’ encourages a multidisciplinary team based approach. It stimulates joint working between primary care, cardiology and palliative care teams – raising awareness of the problems associated with supportive and palliative care for heart failure patients. The second edition has been significantly revised and updated with... Read more

The Need for Palliative Care in Heart Failure

The Syndrome of Advanced Heart Failure

Optimal Therapy for Heart Failure

Prognosis in Advanced Heart Failure

Symptom Relief for Advanced Heart Failure

Supportive Care: Psychological, Social and Spiritual Aspects

Communication in Heart Failure

Advance Care Planning, Mental Capacity Act, etc.

Shared Decision Making

Care of the Patients Dying from Heart Failure

Young People

Palliative Care Services for People with Heart Failure

Biography

Miriam Johnson

"This book is a fantastic resource for anyone working with patients with heart failure. It will facilitate the integration of palliative care into heart failure management …"
British Journal of Hospital Medicine

 

The book includes chapters on the syndrome of advanced heart failure—optimal therapy, prognosis, symptom relief, supportive care, communication, the need for palliative care, and how to improve terminal care.  

Good stuff.

Roger Woodruff, IAHPC Reviews Editor