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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
Heart failure is a serious condition and equivalent to malignant disease in terms of symptom burden and mortality. At this moment only a comparatively small number of heart failure patients receive specialist palliative care. Heart failure patients may have generic palliative care needs, such as refractory multifaceted symptoms, communication and decision making issues and the requirement for family support. The Advanced Heart Failure Study Group of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology organized a workshop to address the issue of palliative care in heart failure to increase awareness of the need for palliative care. Additional objectives included improving the accessibility and quality of palliative care for heart failure patients and promoting the development of heart failure-orientated palliative care services across Europe. This document represents a synthesis of the presentations and discussion during the workshop and describes recommendations in the area of delivery of quality care to patients and families, education, treatment coordination, research and policy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1388-9842
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
433-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-6-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Palliative care in heart failure: a position statement from the palliative care workshop of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. t.jaarsma@thorax.umcg.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't