TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lynn,Joanne
ED  - Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Improving care for the end of life: a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians 
SN  - 9780195310429 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - R726.8 .L96 2008
U1  - 362.1/75 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Terminal care
KW  - Palliative treatment
KW  - Death
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "The Institute for Healthcare Improvement."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index; 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 -- Opportunities 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/osterlin/Doc?id=1037522
ER  -