Impact of a palliative care initiative on end-of-life care in the general wards: A before-and-after study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-41

  Tan, Adeline ^a   Seah, Angeline ^b   Chua, Gerald ^a   Lim, Tow Keang ^c   Phua, Jason ^c  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; Do not resuscitate orders; general wards; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DEATH; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE; WARD; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRENDS;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL AUDIT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CLASS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84890936597     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313484379     Document Type: Article

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