Assessment of implementation of an order protocol for end-of-life symptom management

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 857-865

  Walling, Anne M ^a   Brown Saltzman, Katherine ^a   Barry, Tod ^a   Quan, Rita Jue ^a   Wenger, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; COMATOSE PATIENT; DISORIENTATION; DYING; END OF LIFE SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; STUPOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 50049119803     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0268     Document Type: Article

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