Addresses innovations in heart failure treatment and management, dealing with issues such as quality of life, treatment compliance, patient and family education, nonpharmacologic therapy, and new health care delivery models for improving management of heart failure. Overviews the state of knowledge on the impact of different innovative health care delivery models and noninvasive approaches to management on patient outcomes, highlighting the role of interdisciplinary collaboration. Moser teaches at The Ohio State University. Riegel teaches nursing at San Diego State University. Moser and Riegel are editors of the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
