Models for structuring a clinical initiative to enhance palliative care in the intensive care unit: A report from the IPAL-ICU Project (Improving Palliative Care in the ICU)

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1765-1772

  Nelson, Judith E ^a   Bassett, Rick ^b   Boss, Renee D ^c   Brasel, Karen J ^d   Campbell, Margaret L ^e   Cortez, Therese B ^f   Curtis, J Randall ^g   Lustbader, Dana R ^h   Mulkerin, Colleen ⁱ   Puntillo, Kathleen A ^j   Ray, Daniel E ^k   Weissman, David E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

critical care; intensive care; palliative care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; INTENSIVE CARE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 77956200959     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e8ad23     Document Type: Article

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