| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 447 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"The Institute for Healthcare Improvement." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-435) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Terminal care.
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Terminal care. |
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Palliative treatment.
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Palliative treatment. |
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Death.
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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. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lynn, Joanne, 1951-
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Improving care for the end of life. 2nd ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195310429 (DLC) 2006036855 (OCoLC)76074076 |
| ISBN |
9780199748341 (electronic book) |
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0199748349 (electronic book) |
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9780195310429 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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019531042X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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