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Improving Benefit and Reducing Burden of Informal Caregiving for Patients With Heart Failure: A Mixed Methods Study

Katherine Doyon, Kelsey Flint, Karen Albright

    The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
    |September 30, 2024
    PubMed
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    caregiverheart failuremixed methodsqualitative research

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