Who needs a palliative care consult?: The Hamilton Chart Audit tool

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 304-307

  Slaven, Marissa ^a   Wylie, Nancy ^b   Fitzgerald, Beryl ^b,c   Henderson, Nancy ^b   Taylor, Susan ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Department of Nursing ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINAL CARE;

COMMUNICATION; CONCURRENT REVIEW; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34248351876     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0237     Document Type: Article

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