Improving end-of-life care in nursing homes: Implementation and evaluation of an intervention to sustain quality of care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 772-778

  Finucane, Anne M ^a   Stevenson, Barbara ^a   Moyes, Rhona ^a   Oxenham, David ^a   Murray, Scott A ^b  

^a Marie Curie Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anticipatory care plan; Care homes; implementation; Liverpool Care Pathway; nursing homes; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE NURSE SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTICIPATORY CARE PLAN; CARE HOMES; IMPLEMENTATION; LIVERPOOL CARE PATHWAY; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SCOTLAND; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84883001426     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313480549     Document Type: Article

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