Evaluating complex interventions in End of Life Care: The MORECare Statement on good practice generated by a synthesis of transparent expert consultations and systematic reviews

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Higginson, Irene J ^a   Evans, Catherine J ^a   Grande, Gunn ^b   Preston, Nancy ^b,c   Morgan, Myfanwy ^a   McCrone, Paul ^a   Lewis, Penney ^a   Fayers, Peter ^d,e   Harding, Richard ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Murray, Scott A ^f   Benalia, Hamid ^a   Gysels, Marjolein ^a,g   Farquhar, Morag ^h   Todd, Chris ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus; Evaluation studies; Methods; Palliative care; Research design; Review; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHECKLIST; CONSULTATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSPARENT EXPERT CONSULTATION; WORKSHOP;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84876691223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-111     Document Type: Article

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