Dying in two acute hospitals: Would usual care meet Australian national clinical standards?

Australian Health Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-229

  Clark, Katherine ^a,b   Byfieldt, Naomi ^a   Green, Malcolm ^c   Saul, Peter ^d   Lack, Jill ^d   Philips, Jane L ^e  

^a CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Death; Patient centered care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STANDARD OF CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84901019111     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH13174     Document Type: Article

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