Reflections on ethical issues in palliative care for patients with heart failure
Martínez Sellés Oliveria Soares, Manuel; Díez Villanueva, Pablo; Smeding, Ruthmarijke M.; Alt-Epping, Bernd; Janssen, Daisy J. A.; Leget, Carlo J.W.; Albert, Marta; Sobanski, Piotr Z.; Losada, Agustín; Oliver, David J.
In a paper produced by a European Association for Palliative Care taskforce, Manuel Martínez-Sélles and colleagues discuss the needs of patients with end-stage heart failure as they receive palliative care, highlighting the importance of medical teams initiating timely discussions of a range of end-of-life issues at various points in the progression of the disease.