'It doesn't do the care for you': A qualitative study of health care professionals' perceptions of the benefits and harms of integrated care pathways for end of life care

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Sleeman, Katherine E ^a   Koffman, Jonathan ^a   Bristowe, Katherine ^a   Rumble, Caroline ^a   Burman, Rachel ^a   Leonard, Sara ^b   Noble, Jo ^b   Dampier, Odette ^b   Bernal, William ^b   Morgan, Myfanwy ^a   Hopkins, Philip ^b   Prentice, Wendy ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT HARM; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ENGLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LONDON; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947966644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008242     Document Type: Article

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