Improving care for the end of life a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians /

Corporate Author: Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Other Authors: Lynn, Joanne,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10375223
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300 |a xvi, 447 p. :  |b ill. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index. 
505 0 |a 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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650 0 |a Palliative treatment. 
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