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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (464 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/75
• Soggetto topico: Terminal care; Palliative treatment; Death
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LynnJoanne <1951->
• Note generali: "The Institute for Healthcare Improvement."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Improving care for the end of life
• ISBN: 1-282-54377-6; 9786612543777; 0-19-974834-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456579903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II