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Palliative care has the potential to play an important role in relieving suffering and distress for patients with heart failure and their carers, though high-quality evidence is currently lacking.
Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life and dying for patients with heart failure.
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Supports palliative care consideration in HF; leaves open optimal models and timing pending rigorous trials.
Gibbs et al. (2002) conducted a review in Heart failure. Palliative care was evaluated. Palliative care has the potential to play an important role in relieving suffering and distress for patients with heart failure and their carers, though high-quality evidence is currently lacking.