Comfort care in burns: The Burn Modified Liverpool Care Pathway (BM-LCP)

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 981-985

  Hemington Gorse, S J ^a   Clover, A J P ^a   MacDonald, C ^a   Harriott, J ^a   Richardson, P ^a   Philp, B ^a   Shelley, O ^a   Dziewulski, P ^a  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comfort care; End of life care; Liverpool Care Pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN MODIFIED LIVERPOOL CARE PATHWAY; BURN PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC BURN; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80051470144     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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