Medical record quality assessments of palliative care for intensive care unit patients do they match the perspectives of nurses and families?

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 690-698

  Mularski, Richard A ^a,b   Hansen, Lissi ^b   Rosenkranz, Susan J ^b   Leo, Michael C ^a   Nagy, Paula ^b   Asch, Steven M ^c,d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; End of life care; Family satisfaction; Palliative care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DELPHI STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDITY; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARDS;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84989246435     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201508-501OC     Document Type: Article

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