Measuring palliative care quality for seriously ill hospitalized patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 798-804

  Hanson, Laura C ^a   Rowe, Charlotte ^b   Wessell, Kathryn ^a   Caprio, Anthony ^a   Winzelberg, Gary ^a   Beyea, Annette ^a   Bernard, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; EMOTION; FACE VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SPIRITUAL CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863804396     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0471     Document Type: Article

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