Use of the quality improvement process in assessing end-of-life care in the nursing home

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 334-339

  Vandenberg, Edward V ^a,c   Tvrdik, Alice ^b   Keller, Brenda K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Thomas Fitzgerald State Veterans Home   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Nursing home; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ANXIETY; CLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 27744483146     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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