Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 398-403 , May 2010

Family Caregiving for Patients With Heart Failure: Types of Care Provided and Gender Differences

  • Boyoung Hwang, PhD(c)

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Marie Louise Luttik, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marie Louise Luttik, PhD, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, PO BOX 30.001, 9700 Groningen, Netherlands. Tel: +31 50 3611594; Fax: +31 50 3614391.
    • ,
  • Kathleen Dracup, DNSc

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Tiny Jaarsma, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 18 April 2009 ,Revised 24 December 2009 ,Accepted 30 December 2009.

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 Supported by the Netherlands Heart Foundation (grant number NHF-2000Z003)

PII: S1071-9164(09)01239-1

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.12.019

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 398-403 , May 2010

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