Improving care for the end of life a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians /
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| Formaat: | Elektronisch E-boek |
| Taal: | Engels |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Editie: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online toegang: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Inhoudsopgave:
- 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.