Timely symptom management at end of life using 'just in case' boxes

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 182-190

  Lawton, Sally ^a   Denholm, Margaret ^b   Macaulay, Lisa ^b   Grant, Eileen ^c   Davie, Alison ^a  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Palliative Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory prescribing; End of life care; Palliative care; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG THERAPY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84865297932     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2012.17.4.182     Document Type: Article

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