Barriers and facilitators to implementation of the Liverpool Care Pathway in the Netherlands: A qualitative study

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 259-265

  Raijmakers, Natasja ^a   Dekkers, Anneke ^b   Galesloot, Cilia ^b   van Zuylen, Lia ^a   van der Heide, Agnes ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Palliative Care Comprehensive Cancer Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PATHWAY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84934996851     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000684     Document Type: Article

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