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

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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006036855
ISBN9780195310429 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN019531042X (cloth : alk. paper)

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