Application of quality audit tools to evaluate care quality received by terminal cancer patients admitted to a palliative care unit

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1067-1074

  Tsai, Li Yun ^a,b   Li, In Fun ^a,b   Liu, Ching Ping ^a   Su, Wen Hao ^a   Change, Tse Yun ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Quality audit tools; Quality of care; STAS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY AUDIT TOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERMINAL CARE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 49349099692     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0365-1     Document Type: Article

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