Barriers to and facilitators for implementing quality improvements in palliative care - Results from a qualitative interview study in Norway

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sommerbakk, Ragni ^a,b   Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg ^a,c   Tjora, Aksel ^d   Kaasa, Stein ^a,e   Hjermstad, Marianne Jensen ^a,f  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barrier; Cancer; Dementia; End of life; Facilitator; Implementation strategy; Norway; Organization of care; Palliative care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADVANTAGE; ARTICLE; ATTRACTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE; CREDIBILITY; CULTURE OF CHANGE; DEMENTIA; FACE TO FACE CONTACT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION; PALLIATIVE CARE EXPERTISE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAMETERS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE; RESPONSIBILITY; STRUCTURE AND FACILITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84978872731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-016-0132-5     Document Type: Article

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