Using end of life care pathways for the last hours or days of life

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7883, 2012, Pages

  Boyd, Kirsty ^a   Murray, Scott ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HUMANS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869191974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7718     Document Type: Editorial

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