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245 0 0 _aImproving care for the end of life
_h[print and electronic resource] :
_ba sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians /
_cJoanne Lynn ... [et al.] ; foreword by Donald M. Berwick.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2008.
300 _axvi, 447 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _a"The Institute for Healthcare Improvement."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2009.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aTerminal care.
650 0 _aPalliative treatment.
650 0 _aDeath.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aLynn, Joanne,
_d1951-
710 2 _aInstitute for Healthcare Improvement.
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/osterlin/Doc?id=1037522
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view.
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