"This book is a fantastic resource for anyone working with patients with heart failure. It will facilitate the integration of palliative care into heart failure management " British Journal of Hospital Medicine
The book includes chapters on the syndrome of advanced heart failureoptimal therapy, prognosis, symptom relief, supportive care, communication, the need for palliative care, and how to improve terminal care.
Good stuff.
Roger Woodruff, IAHPC Reviews Editor "This book is a fantastic resource for anyone working with patients with heart failure. It will facilitate the integration of palliative care into heart failure management " British Journal of Hospital Medicine
First, it is an updated review of symptom control and palliation of end stage cardiac disease, which is very helpful for non-cardiologists working in palliative care. Second, it emphasises optimising service provisions, including a team approach (i.e. not just the patient and the cardiologist). And third, because it announces that Karen Hogg has been appointed as the UKs first cardiologist with a special interest in palliative care, which I regard as recognition of a clinical needGood stuff.
Roger Woodruff, April 2017
