An edition of Improving Care for the End of Life (2007)

Improving Care for the End of Life

A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians

Second Edition

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An edition of Improving Care for the End of Life (2007)

Improving Care for the End of Life

A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians

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447

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Cover of: Improving Care for the End of Life
Improving Care for the End of Life: A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians
2008, Oxford University Press
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Improving Care for the End of Life: A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians
July 25, 2007, Oxford University Press, USA
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

"The Institute for Healthcare Improvement."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index.

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Oxford, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.1/75
Library of Congress
R726.8 .L96 2008, R726.8.L96 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 447 p. :
Number of pages
447

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Open Library
OL18523992M
Internet Archive
improvingcarefor0000unse
ISBN 10
019531042X
ISBN 13
9780195310429
LCCN
2006036855
OCLC/WorldCat
76074076
Library Thing
7756619
Goodreads
1947482

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