Achieving Quality Care at the End of Life: A focus of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) curriculum

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 255-262

  Sherman, Deborah Witt ^a   Matzo, Marianne LaPorte ^b   Rogers, Susan ^c   McLaughlin, Maureen ^e   Virani, Rose ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Graduate Faculty   (United States)

^c Americans Better Care of the Dying   (United States)

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

ELNEC curriculum; End of life care; Health care systems; Quality of care; Systems change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPECTATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARD; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036761312     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpnu.2002.129229     Document Type: Article

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