What is the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP)?

Care of the Dying: A Pathway to Excellence

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ellershaw, John ^a   Murphy, Deborah ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Broadgreen University Hospital Orthopaedics   (United Kingdom)

^c MCPCIL ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dying; Innovation and change; Liverpool care pathway for the dying patient; MDT assessment; Organizational governance; Variance reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865439529     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199550838.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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