Improving the organization of palliative care by implementing quality indicators and national and setting-specific interventions: Study protocol of the IMPACT project

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 201-205

  van Riet Paap, Jasper ^a   Engels, Yvonne ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^b   Radbruch, Lukas ^c,d   Kaasa, Stein ^e   Chattat, Rabih ^f   Vissers, Kris ^a   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra ^a,g  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d Malteser Hospital Bonn   (Germany)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g Kalorama Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dementia; Implementation strategies; Organization; Palliative care; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84904392123     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: 1743291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743291X13Y.0000000080     Document Type: Article

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