The effectiveness of the Liverpool care pathway in improving end of life care for dying cancer patients in hospital. A cluster randomised trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Costantini, Massimo ^a   Ottonelli, Simona ^a   Canavacci, Laura ^b   Pellegrini, Fabio ^c,d   Beccaro, Monica ^a   Di Leo, Silvia ^a   Morasso, Gabriella ^a   Miccinesi, Guido ^e   Brunelli, Cinzia ^f   Martini, Cinzia ^f   Peruselli, Carlo ^g   Grubich, Sergio ^g   Borreani, Claudia ^f   Valenti, Danila ^h   Franceschini, Catia ^h   Higginson, Irene J ⁱ   Ellershaw, John ^j   Kaasa, Stein ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Regional Bioethics Commission   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ISPO   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g Palliative Care Unit   (Italy)

^h Maria Teresa Chiantore Seragnoli Hospice Foundation   (Italy)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^k Palliative Medicine Unit   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 78751646337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-13     Document Type: Article

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