Improving care for the end of life [electronic resource] : a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians / Joanne Lynn ... [et al.] ; foreword by Donald M. Berwick.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 447 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 362.1/75 22
- R726.8 .L96 2008
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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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