Improving care for the end of life : a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians / Joanne Lynn ... [et al.] ; foreword by Donald M. Berwick.
Contributor(s): Lynn, Joanne
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
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TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Edition: 2nd ed.General Notes: "The Institute for Healthcare Improvement.".Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index.Description: xvi, 447 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780195310429 (cloth : alk. paper); 019531042X (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Terminal care | Palliative treatment | Death | Patient-centered health careDDC classification: 362.1/75 Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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"The Institute for Healthcare Improvement."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index.
Introduction: continuous quality improvement for better end-of-life care -- How to make improvement happen -- Preventing, assessing and treating pain -- Managing dyspnea and ventilator withdrawal -- Beyond the living will: advance care planning for all stages of health and disease -- Supporting people in difficult times: relationships, spirituality, and bereavement -- Continuity of care: improving transitions, continuity, and coordination of care in the health care system -- Caring for caregivers: helping staff to provide good care -- Hospital-based palliative care consults and units -- Law , policy, and finance -- Alzheimer's and other dementias: opportunities to honor life -- Opportunites to improve care for cancer patients -- Offering end-of-life services to patients with advanced heart or lung failure -- Depression and delirium -- Conclusion: getting started.
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