Improving care for patients whose recovery is uncertain. The AMBER care bundle: Design and implementation

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-18

  Carey, Irene ^a   Shouls, Susanna ^b   Bristowe, Katherine ^c   Morris, Michelle ^a   Briant, Linda ^b   Robinson, Carole ^d   Caulkin, Ruth ^b   Griffiths, Mathew ^b   Clark, Kieron ^a   Koffman, Jonathan ^c   Hopper, Adrian ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Harris HospisCare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARE BUNDLE; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TERMINAL CARE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84930516031     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000634     Document Type: Article

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