Challenge Of Patients With Heart Failure (hf): Barriers To Accessing Supportive And Palliative Care -- Physiology Of Patients With Hf: The Origin Of Symptoms And Rationale For Treatment -- Prognostication And Disease Trajectory -- Communication Hf -- Diagnosing End-stage Heart Disease -- Integrating Supportive And Palliative Care -- Optimizing Management In End-stage Hf -- Advance Care Planning (acp) -- Management Of Pain -- Symptoms Other Than Pain -- Psychological And Psychosocial Aspects Of Hf -- Cpr And Device Therapy At The End Of Life -- Care Of The Dying -- Spiritual And Religious Care -- Supporting Carers. Miriam Johnson, Karen Hogg, James Beattie. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Excellent end of life care for people with heart failure is challenging but possible. In easily digestible summaries, this book presents practical advice about how and when to integrate a palliative care approach alongside standard heart failure management.