Proposed quality measures for palliative care in the critically ill: A consensus from the Robert Wood Johnson foundation critical care workgroup

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Mularski, Richard A ^a,b   Curtis, J Randall ^c   Billings, J Andrew ^d,e   Burt, Robert ^f   Byock, Ira ^g,h   Fuhrman, Cathy ⁱ   Mosenthal, Anne C ^j   Medina, Justine ^k   Ray, Daniel E ^i,l   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^c   Schneiderman, Lawrence J ^m   Treece, Patsy D ^c   Truog, Robert D ^e,n   Levy, Mitchell M ^o  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k American Association of Critical Care Nurses   (United States)

^l Pulmonary Associates   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Critical care; Dying; End of life care; Intensive care; Measures; Outcome and process assessment; Quality indicators; Quality of health care; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY WARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SEDATION;

CONSENSUS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL CARE; FAMILY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33750346162     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000242910.00801.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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