Journal of general internal medicine
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Symptom burden, depression, and spiritual well-being: a comparison of heart failure and advanced cancer patients.
A lower proportion of patients with chronic heart failure receive palliative care compared to patients with advanced cancer. ⋯ Patients with symptomatic heart failure and advanced cancer have similar needs for palliative care as assessed by symptom burden, depression, and spiritual well-being. This implies that heart failure patients, particularly those with more severe heart failure, need the option of palliative care just as cancer patients do.