Use of a palliative care order set to improve resident comfort with symptom management in palliative care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-349

  Jarabek, Bryan R ^a   Jama, A A ^a   Cha, S S ^a   Ruegg, S R ^a   Moynihan, T J ^a   McDonald, F S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome based education; Pain order set; Palliative care; Systems based practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; E-MAIL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MINNESOTA; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 46049099154     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308090169     Document Type: Article

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