Measuring success of interventions to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Curtis, J Randall ^a   Engelberg, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Intensive care unit; Interventions; Outcome measures; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33750293906     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000237048.30032.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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