02738nam 22006134a 450 991045657990332120200520144314.01-282-54377-697866125437770-19-974834-9(CKB)2550000000009776(EBL)3053668(OCoLC)821629025(SSID)ssj0000371263(PQKBManifestationID)11280824(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000371263(PQKBWorkID)10379519(PQKB)10051904(MiAaPQ)EBC3053668(Au-PeEL)EBL3053668(CaPaEBR)ebr10375223(CaONFJC)MIL254377(EXLCZ)99255000000000977620061103d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImproving care for the end of life[electronic resource] a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians /Joanne Lynn ... [et al.] ; foreword by Donald M. Berwick2nd ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (464 p.)"The Institute for Healthcare Improvement."0-19-531042-X 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 -- 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.Terminal carePalliative treatmentDeathElectronic books.Terminal care.Palliative treatment.Death.362.1/75Lynn Joanne1951-929803Institute for Healthcare Improvement.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456579903321Improving care for the end of life2151131UNINA