| Description |
xvi, 447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"Improving Care for the End of Life provides expert guidance on how to make significant improvements now, at all levels of the health care system - from the bedside and the hospital to the health care policy and legislative arenas - by using the rapid cycle approach to change. The ideas are proven, and the stories of teams that have put them to use will inspire and enlighten."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"The Institute for Healthcare Improvement." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-435) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Terminal care.
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Palliative treatment.
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Death.
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Terminal Care -- organization & administration.
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Palliative Care -- organization & administration.
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Patient-Centered Care -- organization & administration.
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Terminal Care.
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Palliative Care.
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Patient-Centered Care.
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Terminal Care -- organization & administration.
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Patient-Centered Care -- organization & administration.
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Palliative Care -- organization & administration.
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| Author |
Lynn, Joanne, 1951-
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
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| LC no. |
2006036855 |
| ISBN |
9780195310429 cloth alkaline paper |
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019531042X cloth alkaline paper |
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