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This educational activity discusses palliative care in heart failure, reporting no quantitative clinical data.
Does not provide evidence to guide HF palliative care; leaves open the need for quantitative outcome studies.
Jessica Shank Coviello, MSN, APRN, is Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Nursing, Adult Advanced Practice Program, New Haven, Connecticut. She is an adult nurse practitioner with the Connecticut Heart Group, New Haven, Connecticut. Patrice M. Tadel, MSN, RN, is Clinical Ethicist and National Patient Care Administrator, VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, Fairfield, Connecticut. Address correspondence to: Jessica Shank Coviello, MSN, APRN at [email protected]. The authors of this article have no significant ties, financial or otherwise, to any company that might have an interest in the publication of this educational activity.
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Coviello et al. (2008) studied Heart Failure. Palliative Care was evaluated. This educational activity discusses palliative care in heart failure, reporting no quantitative clinical data.
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