Implementing institutional change: An institutional case study of palliative sedation

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 666-676

  Schuman, Zev D ^a   Lynch, Maureen ^b   Abrahm, Janet L ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Shields Warren 420 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE; CASE REPORT; DYING; FAMILY COUNSELING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SEDATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21444441395     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.666     Document Type: Review

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