Transforming the mortality review conference to assess palliative care in the acute care setting: A feasibility study

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-426

  Pekmezaris, Renee ^a,b,c,d   Cooper, Lynda ^a   Efferen, Linda ^a,b,d   Mastrangelo, Amy ^a,b,d   Silver, Alan ^a,b,d   Eichorn, Ann ^a   Walia, Rajni ^a   Mir, Tanveer ^a   Liberman, Tara ^a   Weiner, Joseph ^a,d   Steinberg, Harry ^a,b,c,d  

^a North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

^b Bette and Jerome Lorber Center for the Advancement of Medical Education   (United States)

^c FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Mortality review; Palliative care consultation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79952201919     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951510000283     Document Type: Article

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