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245 00 a| Improving care for the end of life :b| a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians /c| Joanne Lynn [and others] ; foreword by Donald M. Berwick.;

250 a| 2nd ed.;

260 a| Oxford ;a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2008.;

300 a| xvi, 447 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| "The Institute for Healthcare Improvement.";

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.;

650 0 a| Terminal care.=| ^A976;

650 0 a| Palliative treatment.=| ^A3271;

650 0 a| Death.=| ^A863;

650 12 a| Terminal Carex| organization & administration.=| ^A934428;

650 22 a| Palliative Carex| organization & administration.=| ^A934429;

650 22 a| Patient-Centered Carex| organization & administration.=| ^A930103;

700 1 a| Lynn, Joanne,d| 1951-=| ^A148141;

710 2 a| Institute for Healthcare Improvement.=| ^A719512;

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Improving care for the end of life : a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians / Joanne Lynn [and others] ; foreword by Donald M. Berwick.

Other author	Lynn, Joanne, 1951-
Other author	Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Format	Book
Edition	2nd ed.
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description	xvi, 447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Terminal care. Palliative treatment. Death. Terminal Care--organization & administration. Palliative Care--organization & administration. Patient-Centered Care--organization & administration.

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.
General note	"The Institute for Healthcare Improvement."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index.
LCCN	2006036855
ISBN	9780195310429 (cloth : alk. paper) :
ISBN	019531042X (cloth : alk. paper)

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