Methodological approaches for a systematic review of end-of-life care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Lorenz, Karl A ^a,b   Lynn, Joanne ^b,c   Morton, Sally C ^b   Dy, Sydney M ^e   Shugarman, Lisa M ^b   Wilkinson, Anne ^b,c   Mularski, Richard A ^a   Sun, Virginia C ^f   Hughes, Ronda G ^d   Rhodes, Shannon L ^b   Maglione, M ^b   Hilton, Lara K ^b   Rolon, Cony ^b   Shekelle, Paul G ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Washington Home Ctr Palliative C   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Div of General Internal Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES, NIH; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32044457163     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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