What about care pathways?

Care of the Dying: A Pathway to Excellence

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vanhaecht, Kris ^a   Panella, Massimiliano ^b   van Zelm, Ruben ^c   Sermeus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c QConsult ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care paradigm; Care pathways; Palliative care; Patient groups; Working definition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920870273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199550838.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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