“Why Would I Choose Death?”: A Qualitative Study of Patient Understanding of the Role and Limitations of Cardiac Devices
Conclusions:
In our sample, patients with cardiac devices overestimated the impact of their devices on preventing disease progression and death and deprioritized advance care planning as a result.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: ARTICLES: Heart Failure Source Type: research
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