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The common sense guide to improving palliative care / Joanne Lynn [and others].
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Title:The common sense guide to improving palliative care / Joanne Lynn [and others].
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Other Contributors/Collections:Lynn, Joanne, 1951-
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Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY swing space (Floor 1)Where is this?
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Call Number: WB310 .C647 2007
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY swing space (Floor 1)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Palliative treatment.
Hospice care.
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Medical Subjects: Palliative Care--organization & administration--United States.
Quality Assurance, Health Care--methods--United States.
Terminal Care--organization & administration--United States.
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Description:vi, 264 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9780195310412 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195310411 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Contents:1. orientation
2. Basics of quality improvement
3. Advance care planning
4. Preventing, assessing, and treating pain
5. Assuring comfort
6. Caring for caregivers
7. Continuity and transfers
8. Chronic care : heart and lung failure
9. Nursing home quality : pressure ulcers
10. Improving care for people with advanced dementia and their families
11. Improving intensive care units
12. Building a palliative care program
13. Hospice program quality
14. End-of-life care, spiritual support, and bereavement
15. Beyond quality improvement : policy improvement.