Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 319-329 , September 2007

Needs of patients and families during the wait for a donor heart

  • Kathy Henley Haugh, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Virginia, School of Nursing, Charlottesville, Virginia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kathy H. Haugh, RN, PhD, PO Box 800782, Charlottesville VA 22908-0782.
    • ,
  • Jeanne Salyer, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Nursing, Richmond, Virginia.

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 This research was supported by a grant provided by Sigma Theta Tau International-Gamma Omega Chapter.

PII: S0147-9563(07)00005-2

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.11.003

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 319-329 , September 2007

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