Palliative Care in Heart Failure: A Public Health Emergency

Conclusions: Because of the unpredictability of the disease and difficulty in prognostication, PC should be introduced at the point of diagnosis of HF. Basic education in PC needs to be introduced early in the training of cardiology staff, focused on concept definition, differencing PC and terminal care, symptom management, communication, and decision-making.
Source: American Journal of Therapeutics - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Therapeutic Advances Source Type: research