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

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Year of Publication:2008
Edition:2nd ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:xvi, 447 p. :; ill.
Notes:"The Institute for Healthcare Improvement."
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245 0 0 |a Improving care for the end of life  |h [electronic resource] :  |b a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians /  |c Joanne Lynn ... [et al.] ; foreword by Donald M. Berwick. 
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300 |a xvi, 447 p. :  |b ill. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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