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

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Institute for Healthcare Improvement, ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Lynn, Joanne, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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.