Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 508-516 , August 2009

Heart Failure Self-care in Developed and Developing Countries

  • Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FAHA

      Affiliations

    • Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Barbara Riegel, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217. Tel: 215-898-9927; Fax: 240-282-7707.
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  • Andrea Driscoll, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Senior Research Fellow, Monash University, Dept of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Jom Suwanno, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Walailak University School of Nursing, Thailand
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  • Debra K. Moser, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FAHA

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Gill Endowed Chair, University of Kentucky, College of Nursing, Lexington, KY
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  • Terry A. Lennie, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, College of Nursing, Lexington, KY
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  • Misook L. Chung, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, College of Nursing, Lexington, KY
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  • Jia-Rong Wu, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Kentucky, College of Nursing, Lexington, KY
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  • Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, New York University, College of Nursing, New York, NY
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  • Beverly Carlson, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Lecturer, School of Nursing, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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  • Jan Cameron, MSN, RN, PhD STUDENT

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia

Received 30 September 2008 ,Revised 21 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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 No conflicts of interest and no sources of funding disclosed.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.01.009

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 508-516 , August 2009

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