Developing policy, standard orders, and quality-assurance monitoring for palliative sedation therapy

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 523-527

  Ghafoor, Virginia L ^a   Silus, Lauren S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiolytics, sedatives, and hypnotics; Hospitals; Medication orders; Palliative care; Protocols; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION;

EID: 79956031951     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp090177     Document Type: Article

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