Informal caregivers and older adults with chronic heart failure: a commentary.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs

Centre for Patient Centered Heart and Lung Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Kirkeveien 166, 0450 Oslo, Norway.

Published: December 2024

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