Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 382-391 , September 2009

Depressed patients understand heart failure prognosis but not how to control it

  • Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Institute and Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM, Director, Nursing Research and Innovation, Nursing Institute and Clinical Nurse, Specialist, Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Mail code P32, Cleveland, OH 44195
    • ,
  • Richard Zeller, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

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doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.10.007

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 382-391 , September 2009

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