The Liverpool Care Pathway for cancer patients dying in hospital medical wards: A before-after cluster phase II trial of outcomes reported by family members

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-17

  Costantini, Massimo ^a   Pellegrini, Fabio ^b,c   Di Leo, Silvia ^a   Beccaro, Monica ^a   Rossi, Carla ^d   Flego, Guia ^d   Romoli, Vittoria ^a   Giannotti, Michela ^d   Morone, Paola ^d   Ivaldi, Giovanni P ^d   Cavallo, Laura ^d   Fusco, Flavio ^e   Higginson, Irene J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d VILLA SCASSI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ASL 3 Genovese   (Italy)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; end of life care; hospital; Liverpool Care Pathway; palliative care; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; DYING; DYSPNEA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; VOMITING; WARD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879878434     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313487569     Document Type: Article

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